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adroit

1 ENTRIES FOUND:
adroit /əˈdroɪt/ adjective
adroit
/əˈdroɪt/
adjective
Learner's definition of ADROIT
[more adroit; most adroit]
: very clever or skillful精明的；机敏的；干练的

— adroitly

adverb

— adroitness

noun [noncount]
TOEFL BNC: 32995 COCA: 26237

adroit

adjective

ə-ˈdrȯit How to pronounce adroit (audio)
: having or showing skill, cleverness, or resourcefulness in handling situations
an adroit leader
adroit maneuvers
adroitly adverb
adroitness noun

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Adroit goes back to an Old French word meaning "handsome or elegant" as well as "skilled in combat." The adjective is still used to imply skillfulness, but usually not of the physical kind. Adroit most often describes cleverness that achieves one's purpose in spite of difficulties.

Synonyms

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clever, adroit, cunning, ingenious mean having or showing practical wit or skill in contriving.

clever stresses physical or mental quickness, deftness, or great aptitude.

a person clever with horses

adroit often implies a skillful use of expedients to achieve one's purpose in spite of difficulties.

an adroit negotiator

cunning implies great skill in constructing or creating.

a filmmaker cunning in his use of special effects

ingenious suggests the power of inventing or discovering a new way of accomplishing something.

an ingenious software engineer

dexterous, adroit, deft mean ready and skilled in physical movement.

dexterous implies expertness with consequent facility and quickness in manipulation.

unrolled the sleeping bag with a dexterous toss

adroit implies dexterity but usually also stresses resourcefulness or artfulness or inventiveness.

the magician's adroit response to the failure of her prop won applause

deft emphasizes lightness, neatness, and sureness of touch or handling.

a surgeon's deft manipulation of the scalpel

Example Sentences

Rumor has always played a role in politics, but rarely have the backstage operatives been so adroit, and so cynical, in their use of vitriol. Walter Shapiro, Time, 10 July 1989 He was adroit with money and was blessed with the extraordinary Spanish gift of prolific, and even inchoate, invention. V. S. Pritchett, "Goya … ," 1975, in A Man of Letters,  1985 Family medicine … is constructed around the unquantifiable idea that a doctor who treats your grandmother, your father, your niece, and your daughter will be more adroit in treating you. John McPhee, Table of Contents, 1984 She is adroit at handling problems. with an adroit flick of the wrist, flipped the omelet into the air and landed it squarely back in the pan
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Word History

Etymology

borrowed from French, going back to Old French, "handsome, elegant, skilled (in combat)," from a-, prefix, perhaps with intensive value (going back to Latin ad- ad-) + droit "straight, direct, true, regular," going back to Latin directus "straight, direct" — more at dress entry 1

First Known Use

1652, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of adroit was in 1652
TOEFL BNC: 32995 COCA: 26237

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