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    [Adjective]  | "adroit" | \ ə-ˈdrȯit \


    1: having or showing skill, cleverness, or resourcefulness in handling situations


    Origin: 1652 ;

     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- {see: |ad-|ad-}) + droit "straight, direct, true, regular," going back to Latin directus "straight, direct" {mat|dress:1|};

    [Adverb]  | "adroitly" 


    1: in a skillful or expert manner;


      * e.g., " ... the captain adroitly navigated his vessel through the treacherous waters "





    [Adjective]  | "adroit" 


    1: accomplished with trained ability;


      * e.g., " ... 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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