skillful in a physical or mental way; clever; expert: his adroit handling of an awkward situation
Origin of adroit
French from à, to + droit, right from Classical Latin directus, past participle of dirigere, direct
An adroit skier.
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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adroit
adjective
Quick and skillful in body or mind; deft. See Synonyms at dexterous.
Origin of adroit
French from à droit à to ( from Latin ad ; see ad- . ) droit right ( from Latin dīrēctus ; see direct . )Related Forms:
- a·droit′ly
adverb
- a·droit′ness
noun
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Adjective
(comparative adroiter or more adroit, superlative adroitest or most adroit)
Origin
Borrowed from French adroit.
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Sentence Examples
- It was the adroit way to solve the problem.
- Proverbs aims to show a person how to become adroit at the greatest skill of all, the skill of living.
- There was adroit manipulation of the reversible signs.
- This proved so adroit at dodging the problem that it seemed to be both intelligent and motile.
- He had an adroit tongue.
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