Adroit

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Adroit \A*droit"\, a. [F. adroit; [`a] (L. ad) = droit straight,
     right, fr. L. directus, p. p. of dirigere. See {Direct}.]
     Dexterous in the use of the hands or in the exercise of the
     mental faculties; exhibiting skill and readiness in avoiding
     danger or escaping difficulty; ready in invention or
     execution; -- applied to persons and to acts; as, an adroit


     mechanic, an adroit reply. "Adroit in the application of the
     telescope and quadrant." --Horsley. "He was adroit in
     intrigue." --Macaulay.
     [1913 Webster]
  
     Syn: Dexterous; skillful; expert; ready; clever; deft;
          ingenious; cunning; ready-witted.
          [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  adroit
       adj 1: skillful (or showing skill) in adapting means to ends; "cool
              prudence and sensitive selfishness along with quick
              perception of what is possible--these distinguish an
              adroit politician"; "came up with a clever story"; "an
              ingenious press agent"; "an ingenious scheme" [syn: {clever},
               {ingenious}]
       2: quick or skillful or adept in action or thought; "an
          exceptionally adroit pianist"; "an adroit technician";
          "his adroit replies to hecklers won him many followers";
          "an adroit negotiator" [ant: {maladroit}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  90 Moby Thesaurus words for "adroit":
     Daedalian, adept, adroitness, apt, artful, artistic, astute,
     authoritative, brainy, bravura, bright, brilliant, canny, clean,
     clever, coordinated, crack, crackerjack, craft, cunning, cute,
     daedal, deft, deftness, dexterity, dexterous, dexterousness,
     dextrous, diplomatic, excellent, expert, expertise, fancy, gifted,
     good, goodish, graceful, handy, ingenious, intelligent, keen,
     keen-witted, know-how, magisterial, masterful, masterly, neat,
     neat-handed, nimble, nimble-witted, no dumbbell, no mean,
     not born yesterday, perspicacious, politic, pretty, professional,
     proficient, prowess, quick, quick-thinking, quick-witted,
     quite some, readiness, ready, resourceful, scintillating, sharp,
     sharp-witted, shrewd, skill, skillful, sleight, slick, slim, sly,
     smart, some, statesmanlike, steel-trap, stylish, subtle, tactful,
     talented, the compleat, the complete, virtuoso, well-done, wicked,
     workmanlike