Thesaurus: adroit

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1. a. 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.
2. adj. quick or skillful or adept in action or thought
3. 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. Syn. -- Dexterous; skillful; expert; ready; clever; deft; ingenious; cunning; ready-witted.
4. Dexterous in the use of the hands or in the exercise of themental faculties; exhibiting skill and readiness in avoiding dangeror escaping difficulty; ready in invention or execution; -- appliedto 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.
5. j:100 a. quick or skillful or adept in action or thought