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
The definition of adroit is someone who is very skillful at doing something.
An Olympic Gold medalist in skiing is an example of someone who is adroit at skiing.
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Dexterous, deft or skillful.

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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

Adroit Sentence Examples

  • It was the adroit way to solve the problem.

  • He felt young, bright, adroit, and resolute.

  • Proverbs aims to show a person how to become adroit at the greatest skill of all, the skill of living.

  • He had an adroit tongue.

  • Wind instruments produce very special effects in chamber-music, and need an exceedingly adroit technique on the part of the composer.

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Words Starting With

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Words Starting With A and Ending With T

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6 Letter Words6 Letter Words Starting With A6 Letter Words Ending With T