adroit
Deft, dexterous, or skillfulDeft, dexterous, or skillful
» Kaya was rather adroit at managing conflicts between her employees.
Meaning
1 sensesDeft, dexterous, or skillful
- quick or skillful or adept in action or thought
Examples
3 sentencesKaya was rather adroit at managing conflicts between her employees.
Isabel's adroit handling of the scheduling mishap didn't go unnoticed by her superiors.
deIsabels geschickte Handhabung des Terminfehlers entging ihren Vorgesetzten nicht.
I'm able to save money by being an adroit upholsterer and fixing up furniture nobody wants.
Translations
1 languagesOrigin
Borrowed from French adroit, from French à (“on the; to”) (from Old French a (“to; towardsBorrowed 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 Old French droit, dreit, from Late Latin drictus, syncopated form of Latin dīrēctus (“laid straight; direct, straight; level; upright”), perfective passive participle of dīrigō (“to lay straight”), from dis- (“apart, in two”) (from Proto-Indo-European *dwís (“twice; in two”)) + regō (“to govern, rule; to guide, steer”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₃réǵeti (“to be straightening, setting upright”))).
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Forms
adroiter/more adroit, adroitest/most adroit| Comparative | adroiter / more adroit Lesson |
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| Superlative | adroitest / most adroit Lesson |
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Synonyms
2 synonymsAntonyms
2 antonymsWord family
4 related wordsLessons for this word
2 lessons- A2Comparatives — Because it has a comparative form
- A2Superlatives — Because it has a superlative form