adroit

Word family

a·droit /əˈdrɔɪt/ adjectiveadj

INTELLIGENTclever and skilful, especially in the way you use words and arguments 机敏的，灵巧的；〔尤指〕口齿伶俐的 SYN skilled

an adroit negotiator

一个谈判高手

—adroitly adverbadv

—adroitness noun [uncountableU]

Examples from the Corpus

adroit• The subdivision of stock into subject groups calls for flexible and adroit administration.• They are highly efficient and especially adroit at cutting out excessive steps and cumbersome procedures.• Self-defeating organizations are nothing if not adroit at minimizing the costs of their destructive or ineffectual actions.• They were remarkably adroit in their cultivation of the foreign press.• In the long run, however, adroit its marketing, takeover may be the only solution.• Employing such devices is a fine test of sheer writing skill, of careful and adroit manipulation of language.• Since then he has shown every sign of being a pragmatist, an adroit politician and a very hard worker.• One reason is that Clinton is a far more adroit politician than Dukakis.

Origin adroit

(1600-1700) French à droit “properly”

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Corpus

TOEFL BNC: 32995 COCA: 26237

adroit

Skilful and able: able, capable, professional...

Skill, talent and ability: experience, ability, skill...