About The Word Adroit
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Adroit
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What's The Definition Of Adroit?
[adj] quick or skillful or adept in action or thought; "an exceptionally adroit pianist"; "an adroit technician"; "his adroit replies to hecklers won him many followers"; "an adroit negotiator"
[adj] skillful (or showing skill) in adapting means to ends; "cool prudence and sensitive selfishness along with quick perception of what is possible--these distinguish an adroit politician"; "came up with a clever story"; "an ingenious press agent"; "an ingenious scheme" Synonyms | Synonyms for Adroit: clean | clever | coordinated | cunning | deft | dexterous | dextrous | handy | ingenious | light-fingered | neat | nimble-fingered | quick-witted Related Terms | Find terms related to Adroit: adept | adroitness | apt | artful | artistic | astute | authoritative | brainy | bravura | bright | brilliant | canny | clean | clever | coordinated | crack | crackerjack | craft | cunning | cute | daedal | Daedalian | deft | deftness | dexterity | dexterous | dexterousness | dextrous | diplomatic | excellent | expert | expertise | fancy | gifted | good | goodish | graceful | handy | ingenious | intelligent | keen | keen-witted | know-how | magisterial | masterful | masterly | neat | neat-handed | nimble | nimble-witted | no dumbbell | no mean | not born yesterday | perspicacious | politic | pretty | professional | proficient | prowess | quick | quick-thinking | quick-witted | quite some | readiness | ready | resourceful | scintillating | sharp | sharp-witted | shrewd | skill | skillful | sleight | slick | slim | sly | smart | some | statesmanlike | steel-trap | stylish | subtle | tactful | talented | the compleat | the complete | virtuoso | well-done | wicked | workmanlike See Also | artful Adroit In Webster's Dictionary \A*droit"\, a. [F. adroit; [`a] (L. ad) = droit straight,
right, fr. L. directus, p. p. of dirigere. See {Direct}.]
Dexterous in the use of the hands or in the exercise of the
mental faculties; exhibiting skill and readiness in avoiding
danger or escaping difficulty; ready in invention or
execution; -- applied to persons and to acts; as, an adroit
mechanic, an adroit reply. ``Adroit in the application of the
telescope and quadrant.'' --Horsley. ``He was adroit in
intrigue.'' --Macaulay.
Syn: Dexterous; skillful; expert; ready; clever; deft;
ingenious; cunning; ready-witted.
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