Found 3 items, similar to adroit.
English → Indonesian (quick)
Definition: adroit
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English → English (WordNet)
Definition: adroit
adroit
adj 1: skillful (or showing skill) in adapting means to ends;
“cool
prudence and sensitive selfishness along with quick
perception of what is possible--these distinguish an
adroit politician”;
“came up with a clever story”;
“an
ingenious press agent”;
“an ingenious scheme” [syn:
clever,
ingenious]
2: 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” [ant:
maladroit]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Adroit
Adroit
\A*droit"\, a. [F. adroit; [`a] (L. ad) = droit straight,
right, fr. L. directus, p. p. of dirigere. See
Direct.]
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.
[1913 Webster]
Syn: Dexterous; skillful; expert; ready; clever; deft;
ingenious; cunning; ready-witted.
[1913 Webster]