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.
[1913 Webster]
Syn: Dexterous; skillful; expert; ready; clever; deft;
ingenious; cunning; ready-witted.
[1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
adroit
adj 1: skillful (or showing skill) in adapting means to ends; "cool
prudence and sensitive selfishness along with quick
perception of what is possible--these distinguish an
adroit politician"; "came up with a clever story"; "an
ingenious press agent"; "an ingenious scheme" [syn: clever,
ingenious]
2: 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]
WordNet (r) 2.0
90 Moby Thesaurus words for "adroit":
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
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
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