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- DictionaryA·droit·ness/əˈdroitnəs/
noun
- 1. cleverness or skill: "he lacks political adroitness"
us / əˈdrɔɪt / uk / əˈdrɔɪt / Add to word list. very skillful and quick in the way you think or move: an adroit reaction / answer / movement of the hand. She became adroit at deal ing with difficult questions. Opposite. maladroit formal. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Skilled, talented and able. able. ably. accomplished. adeptly.
Definitions of adroitness. noun. skillful performance or ability without difficulty. synonyms: adeptness, deftness, facility, quickness. see more.
Definition of adroitness noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
expert or nimble in the use of the hands or body. Synonyms: adept, apt, deft, clever, skillful. Antonyms: clumsy. cleverly skillful, resourceful, or ingenious: an adroit debater. adroit. / əˈdrɔɪt /.
4 days ago · noun. the quality of being skilful, dexterous, or clever in handling situations or performing tasks. The word adroitness is derived from adroit, shown below. Collins English Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers.
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” synonyms: clean, neat. free from clumsiness; precisely or deftly executed. clever, cunning, ingenious. showing inventiveness and skill. co-ordinated, coordinated.
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. American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
