adroitlyadv.
/əˈdrɔɪtli/, U.S. /əˈdrɔɪtli/ In an adroit manner; dexterously, skilfully, cleverly.
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the world > action or operation > ability > skill or skilfulness > [adverb] > skilfully or adroitly
slylyc1275
sly1370
featly1436
addresslya1500
sleightly?c1510
clean1531
trickly1542
neatlya1547
trick1564
cleanly1583
cleverly1654
clever1664
adroitly1695
adeptly1804
slick1825
shrewdly1851
cleverishly1881
slickly1893
niftily1901
eptly1974
1695 tr. P. Le Moyne Of Art of writing Hist. iv. i. 119 No part of History ought to be managed more adroitly and with more fineness.
1701 tr. Refl. Present Interests Several Courts Christendom 23 By a hundred Windings and Turnings and roundabout Fetches, adroitly to manage delicate Affairs.
1792 J. Almon Anecd. Life W. Pitt I. xix. 299 The Duke of Bourbon insinuated himself so adroitly with the young..King as to establish himself Prime Minister.
1849 W. Irving Mahomet (1853) xii. 51 He used his left as adroitly as his right hand.
1856 C. Merivale Hist. Romans under Empire V. xlii. 14 Tiberius..replied adroitly, that it was not for him to choose or to reject any particular charge.
1926 A. J. Carver in B. C. Williams O. Henry Prize Stories of 1925 158 Old Zuboff..wielded the mallet and chisel adroitly.
2010 N.Y. Mag. 1 Feb. 12/4 The White House chief of staff has played the inside game adroitly.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2011; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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