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adroit

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a⋅droit

  [uh-droit]
–adjective
1. expert or nimble in the use of the hands or body.
2. cleverly skillful, resourceful, or ingenious: an adroit debater.
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Origin:
1645–55; < F, OF: elegant, skillful, equiv. to a- a- 5 + droit, dreit straight, just, correct < L dīrēctus; 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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a·droit   (ə-droit')   
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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Word Origin & History

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).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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