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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

]

—Related forms

a·droit·ly, adverb

a·droit·ness, noun

—Synonyms 1. skillful, clever; deft, apt, adept. 1, 2. See dexterous.

—Antonyms 1. clumsy.

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adj.

Dexterous; deft.
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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