Adjacent Words

Adroit definitions

	Tweet

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

ADROIT', [L. directus, dirigo. See Right.]
Dextrous; skillful; active in the use of the hands, and figuratively, in the exercise of the mental faculties; ingenious; ready in invention or execution.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

adj
1: 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]

Merriam Webster's

adjective Etymology: French, from Old French, from a- (from Latin ad-) + droit right, droit Date: 1652 having or showing skill, cleverness, or resourcefulness in handling situations <an adroit leader> <adroit maneuvers> Synonyms: see clever, dexterous • adroitly adverb • adroitness noun

Oxford Reference Dictionary

adj. dextrous, skilful. Derivatives: adroitly adv. adroitness n. Etymology: F f. à droit according to right

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

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.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

Someone who is adroit is quick and skilful in their thoughts, behaviour, or actions. She is a remarkably adroit and determined politician. = adept ADJ

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

a. Dexterous, expert, skilful, apt, handy, ready, quick, clever, able, masterly. See adept.

Moby Thesaurus

Daedalian, adept, adroitness, apt, artful, artistic, astute, authoritative, brainy, bravura, bright, brilliant, canny, clean, clever, coordinated, crack, crackerjack, craft, cunning, cute, daedal, deft, deftness, dexterity, dexterous, dexterousness, dextrous, diplomatic, excellent, expert, expertise, fancy, gifted, good, goodish, graceful, handy, ingenious, intelligent, keen, keen-witted, know-how, magisterial, masterful, masterly, neat, neat-handed, nimble, nimble-witted, no dumbbell, no mean, not born yesterday, perspicacious, politic, pretty, professional, proficient, prowess, quick, quick-thinking, quick-witted, quite some, readiness, ready, resourceful, scintillating, sharp, sharp-witted, shrewd, skill, skillful, sleight, slick, slim, sly, smart, some, statesmanlike, steel-trap, stylish, subtle, tactful, talented, the compleat, the complete, virtuoso, well-done, wicked, workmanlike