Synonyms for adroit
| Grammar : Adj |
| Spell : uh-droit |
| Phonetic Transcription : əˈdrɔɪt |
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Définition of adroit
Origin :- 1650s, "dexterous," originally "rightly," from French adroit, from phrase à droit "according to right," from Old French à "to" (see ad-) + droit "right," from Late Latin directum "right, justice," accusative of Latin directus "straight" (see direct (v.)). Related: Adroitly; adroitness.
- adj very able or skilled
- And the tea-party, under Gino's adroit management, receded ever and ever before her.
- Extract from : « Where Angels Fear to Tread » by E. M. Forster
- These were adroit, and posed as her friends while plotting the ruin of both.
- Extract from : « Oswald Langdon » by Carson Jay Lee
- I am trailing two of the most adroit villains that ever committed crime.
- Extract from : « Oswald Langdon » by Carson Jay Lee
- Naturally the variations are sheer Barrie and of the most adroit.
- Extract from : « Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 158, April 28, 1920 » by Various
- The brand had been changed by an adroit touch or two of a running-iron.
- Extract from : « Oh, You Tex! » by William Macleod Raine
- Lady Constance was a distinguished beauty of two seasons; fresh, but adroit.
- Extract from : « Tancred » by Benjamin Disraeli
- But the adroit clown excelled in the art of receiving affronts.
- Extract from : « Ten Tales » by Franois Coppe
- Henry was as adroit and as shameless a financier as his predecessor.
- Extract from : « History of the English People, Volume III (of 8) » by John Richard Green
- The art of adroit suggestion is one of the great arts of politics.
- Extract from : « Folkways » by William Graham Sumner
- But the Free State party were not only resolute, but adroit.
- Extract from : « The Negro and the Nation » by George S. Merriam
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