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Adroit

//əˈdɹɔɪt//

Definitions

adjadroiter · more adroit · adroitest · most adroit

1
deft, dexterous, or skillful
A ſimple lad, with a whip in one hand, and the other locked in the arm of a young girl, is ſo loſt in gaping aſtoniſhment, that an adroit branch of the family of the Filches is clearing his pockets of their contents.
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habile skillful

Word Origin

Borrowed from French adroit, from French à (“on the; to”) (from Old French a (“to; towards”), from Latin ad (“to; towards”), from Proto-Indo-European *ád (“at; near”)) + French droit (“right”) (from O...

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