adroitness

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a·droit

(ə-droit′)

adj.

Quick and skillful in body or mind; deft. See Synonyms at dexterous.

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

a·droit′ly adv.

a·droit′ness 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'.

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adroitness

noun

Skillfulness in the use of the hands or body:

deftness, dexterity, dexterousness, prowess, skill, sleight.

Translations

مَهَارَة، حِذق

zručnost

behændigheddygtighed

Gewandtheit

adresse

lipurî; ráîsnilld

dyktighet

ustalık

灵巧

adroitness

[əˈdrɔɪtnɪs] N → destreza f, habilidad f

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

adroitness

[əˈdrɔɪtnɪs] n → adresse f, habilité f

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

adroitness

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

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

adroitness

[əˈdrɔɪtnɪs] n → abilità

Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

adroit

(əˈdroit) adjective

skilful. his adroit handling of the boat.

aˈdroitly adverb

aˈdroitness noun

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--Joe's Adroitness.--Midnight.--The Doctor's Watch.--Kennedy's Watch.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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My brother knows him, he's dined with him- the present Emperor- more than once in Paris, and tells me he never met a more cunning or subtle diplomatist- you know, a combination of French adroitness and Italian play-acting!

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The man's adroitness always excited her admiration.

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Indeed, in the number of his horses consists the wealth of an Indian of the prairies; who resembles an Arab in his passion for this noble animal, and in his adroitness in the management of it.

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It would be, you know, dear," she added with an innocent adroitness, "in Madame Olenska's interest if you did."

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Her presence of mind and adroitness in carrying out his hints were admirable, and it is not wonderful that the idea of seeing Rosamond began to mingle itself with his interest in the case.

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I say so because Don Fernando made all haste to leave me, and by the adroitness of my maid, who was indeed the one who had admitted him, gained the street before daybreak; but on taking leave of me he told me, though not with as much earnestness and fervour as when he came, that I might rest assured of his faith and of the sanctity and sincerity of his oaths; and to confirm his words he drew a rich ring off his finger and placed it upon mine.

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I am going to raise Billy in my own way." But, for weeks thereafter she managed with an almost miraculous adroitness to have him asleep at meal times.

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And leaning over the sculptures with the fascinated air of a demonstrator of living phenomena: "Do you not think, for instance, that yon metamorphosis in bas-relief is executed with much adroitness, delicacy and patience?