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–adjective
1.expert or nimble in the use of the hands or body.
2.cleverly skillful, resourceful, or ingenious: an adroit debater.

[Origin: 1645–55; < F, OF: elegant, skillful, equiv. to a- a-5 + droit, dreit straight, just, correct < L dīréctus; see direct]

a·droit·ly, adverb
a·droit·ness, noun

1. skillful, clever; deft, apt, adept. 1, 2. See dexterous.
1. clumsy.
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a·droit    Audio Help   (ə-droit')  Pronunciation Key 
adj.  
  1. Dexterous; deft.
  2. Skillful and adept under pressing conditions. See Synonyms at dexterous.


[French, from à droit : à, to (from Latin ad; see ad-) + droit, right (from Latin dīrēctus; see direct).]

a·droit'ly adv., a·droit'ness n.
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adroit 
1652, "dexterous," originally "rightly," from Fr. phrase à droit "according to right," from O.Fr. à "to" + droit "right," from L.L. directum "right, justice," acc. of L. directus "straight" (see direct).

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adroit

adjective
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" [ant: maladroit

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adroit [əˈdroit] adjective
skilful
Example: his adroit handling of the boat
Arabic: مَاهِر، بَارِع
Chinese (Simplified): 灵巧的
Chinese (Traditional): 靈巧的
Czech: zručný
Danish: behændig; dygtig; ferm
Dutch: behendig
Estonian: osav
Finnish: taitava
French: adroit
German: gewandt
Greek: επιδέξιος
Hungarian: ügyes
Icelandic: leikinn, lipur
Indonesian: trampil, cakap
Italian: abile
Japanese: 器用な
Korean: 능숙한
Latvian: veikls; izveicīgs
Lithuanian: meistriškas
Norwegian: flink, dyktig
Polish: zręczny
Portuguese (Brazil): hábil
Portuguese (Portugal): hábil
Romanian: iscusit, abil
Russian: ловкий
Slovak: zručný
Slovenian: spreten
Spanish: diestro, hábil
Swedish: skicklig, flink
Turkish: becerikli, usta
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Adroit

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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