Adroit Definition

ə-droit
adjective
adroiter, adroitest
Quick and skillful in body or mind; deft.
American Heritage
Skillful in a physical or mental way; clever; expert.
His adroit handling of an awkward situation.
Webster's New World
Wiktionary

Other Word Forms of Adroit

Adjective

Base Form:
adroit
Comparative:
adroiter
Superlative:
adroitest

Origin of Adroit

  • French from à droit à to (from Latin ad ad–) droit right (from Latin dīrēctus direct)

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • Borrowed from French adroit.

    From Wiktionary

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