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adroitly

[ uh-droit-lee ]

adverb

  1. with expert or dexterous use of the hands or body; nimbly:

    Serving us tea in china cups as we waited during the film shoot, she stepped adroitly over electric cords and around equipment.

  2. in a cleverly skillful, resourceful, or ingenious way:

    Drawing upon multiple sources, she adroitly weaves a narrative giving insight into the affliction of sleep paralysis.



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Word History and Origins

Origin of adroitly1

First recorded in 1695–1705; adroit ( def ) + -ly

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Example Sentences

But, she adds, more work needs to be done on its biomechanics — how it might have moved — to understand how adroitly aquatic the dinosaur might have been.

And, you have to give Google credit for how adroitly the company is acting here.

Abrams and Fisher adroitly narrate the trial, making the legal maneuvering understandable and fascinating, while offering some well-chosen digressions.

Simon Elegant, in Time, writes on how Mo adroitly negotiates the edges of censorship.

The result enabled others in the administration, like Geithner, to play Emanuel adroitly.

She turned out to be an excellent wife for him, and she ran his political and economic affairs adroitly.

Then Paterno adroitly brought matters to a crisis in a bold peroration which changed the whole scene.

He was very disagreeable about the house when he returned home, and his wife adroitly kept out of his sight.

I could not adroitly turn the old man's wandering speculation into a general laugh as Weston would have done.

In this sort of life Consul Garman carried himself as easily and as adroitly as a fish in its native element.

Leaning forward he placed bottle and glass on the table, and adroitly swept the coins into his yellow palm.

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