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adroit, a.|əˈdrɔɪt|
[a. Fr. adroit, orig. adv. phrase à droit according to right, rightly, properly, f. à to + droit right, OFr. dreit:—late L. drictum, dirictum:—cl. L. directum right: see direct. Subseq. used as adj., and in this sense adopted in Eng.]
Possessing address or readiness of resource, either bodily or mental; having ready skill, dexterous, active, clever.
1652Evelyn France (R.) The best esteemed and most adroit cavalry in Europe. 1678Butler Hudibras iii. i. 365 He held his talent most adroit, For any mystical exploit. 1718Free-thinker No. 150, 326 The Right-Hand and Arm of most Men are..more adroit than the Left. 1809W. Irving Knickerb. xi. vii. (1849) 122 The adroit bargain by which the island of Manhattan was bought for sixty guilders. 1825Br. Jonathan I. 269 They played about one another now like adroit wrestlers. 1860Motley Netherl. (1868) II. xiii. 139 Adroit intriguers burned incense to him as to a god. |