adroitness

a·droit (

-droit

)

adj.

1. Dexterous; deft.

2. Skillful and adept under pressing conditions. See Synonyms at dexterous.

[French, from à droit : à, to (from Latin ad; see ad-) + droit, right (from Latin drctus; see direct).]

a·droitly adv.

a·droitness n.

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Noun

adroitness - skillful performance or ability without difficulty; "his quick adeptness was a product of good design"; "he was famous for his facility as an archer"

adeptness, deftness, quickness, facility

skillfulness - the state of being cognitively skillful

touch - deftness in handling matters; "he has a master's touch"

dexterity, manual dexterity, sleight - adroitness in using the hands

adroitness

noun skill, ability, craft, expertise, cunning, mastery, knack, ingenuity, proficiency, dexterity, cleverness, deftness, nimbleness, aptness, artfulness, adeptness, quick-wittedness, ingeniousness, masterfulness, ableness, skilfulness He governed with an adroitness that earned him the nickname 'old fox'.

Translations

adroitness [əˈdrɔɪtnɪs] N → destreza f, habilidad f

adroitness [əˈdrɔɪtnɪs] n → adresse f, habilitÃ© f

adroitness

n (of lawyer, reply, reasoning) → Gewandtheit f, → Geschicklichkeit f; (of mind) → Schärfe f

adroitness [əˈdrɔɪtnɪs] n → abilità

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Adeptness adroit artifice astuteness backchat cleverness clumsiness deftness delicacy dexterity Dexterousness expertise facility Featness finesse ingenuity knack know-how maladroitly	This young man had been hired out by his master to work in a bagging factory, where his adroitness and ingenuity caused him to be considered the first hand in the place. Uncle Tom's Cabin by Stowe, Harriet Beecher View in context It happened that the performer who had hitherto formed the base of the Car had quitted the troupe, and as, to fill this part, only strength and adroitness were necessary, Passepartout had been chosen to take his place. Around The World In Eighty Days by Verne, Jules View in context He required hard cash in return for some corn with which he supplied the worthy captain, and left the latter at a loss which most to admire, his native chivalry as a brave, or his acquired adroitness as a trader. The Adventures of Captain Bonneville, U.S.A., in the Rocky Mountains and the far West by Irving, Washington View in context	adrenochrome adrenocortical adrenocorticosteroid adrenocorticotrophic adrenocorticotrophic hormone adrenocorticotrophin adrenocorticotropic adrenocorticotropic hormone adrenocorticotropin adrenolytic adrenosterone Adriamycin Adrian Adrian IV Adrian Quist Adrianople Adrianopolis Adriatic Adriatic Sea adrift Adrip Adrogate Adrogation adroit adroitly adroitness Adry adscititious Adscript adscripted adscription Adscriptive Adsignification Adsignify ADSL adsorb adsorbable adsorbate adsorbent adsorbent material adsorption adsorptive Adstrict Adstrictory Adstringent adsuki bean adsum aduki adularescent adularia adulate	ADRL ADRLJ ADRLSSSS ADRM ADRMP ADRMP ADRMPs ADRMS ADRN ADRNC Adro ADROE adrogantia Adrogate Adrogate Adrogation Adrogation Adrogue Adrogué adroit adroit adroit adroit practitioner Adroit Systems Incorporated adroiter adroiter adroitest adroitest adroitly adroitly adroitness ADROM Adromancy Adrophobia ADRP ADRPA ADRPBF ADRR ADRRB ADRRES ADRRN ADRS ADRS ADRS ADRS ADRSA ADRSP ADRSS ADRT ADRU Adrucil Adrucil Adrucil Adrumetum Adrumetus ADRV ADRV ADRW ADRX Adry ADS

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adroit
artifice
astuteness
backchat
cleverness
clumsiness
deftness
delicacy
dexterity
Dexterousness
expertise
facility
Featness
finesse
ingenuity
knack
know-how
maladroitly

This young man had been hired out by his master to work in a bagging factory, where his adroitness and ingenuity caused him to be considered the first hand in the place.

Uncle Tom's Cabin by Stowe, Harriet Beecher View in context

It happened that the performer who had hitherto formed the base of the Car had quitted the troupe, and as, to fill this part, only strength and adroitness were necessary, Passepartout had been chosen to take his place.

Around The World In Eighty Days by Verne, Jules View in context

He required hard cash in return for some corn with which he supplied the worthy captain, and left the latter at a loss which most to admire, his native chivalry as a brave, or his acquired adroitness as a trader.

The Adventures of Captain Bonneville, U.S.A., in the Rocky Mountains and the far West by Irving, Washington View in context

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