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English
Etymology
From indexterous + -ly.
Adverb
indexterously (comparative more indexterously, superlative most indexterously)
- In an indexterous manner.
1761, Peter Shaw, Essays for the Improvement of Arts, Manufactures, and Commerce, page 93:The foundation of the thing rests wholly indexterously freeing the matter of its superfluous moisture, and bringing it out of a semi-fluid state, wherein it is always exposed to a farther fermentation, or destructive alteration;
1864, The Gentleman's Magazine, and Historical Review:Masked type have been used in place of quadrats, and in one instance so indexterously that the strange word ' idiotime' has crept into the text.
1894, Nellie Lowe Willmott, A Dash of Red Paint, page 8:Our professional carpet-layers would have smiled at the many times Hetty hit the tacks as she went indexterously to work.