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adroit
/əˈdɹɔɪt/
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What does adroit mean?
adjective
- deft, dexterous, or skillful
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IPA pronunciation
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The Springer and the old curly-coated water-dog were regarded as particularly adroit in the double work of finding and retrieving.
He is an adroit magician, able to assume almost any form at will, and impervious to any amount of ridicule and insult.
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And there was the mother wavering, half willing-by adroit and flawless diplomacy to be won over, now, or perhaps never at all.
“I suspect you of being an adroit flatterer,” said Rosamond, feeling sure that she should have to reject this young gentleman a second time.
My prudence consists in avoiding and going without, not in the inventing of means and methods, not in adroit steering, not in gentle repairing.