| ADJECTIVE | all | adroit | quick or skillful or adept in action or thought |
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| Sounds | ahdroy't | |
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| Rhymes | Detroit ... maladroit: 4 rhymes with oyt... | |
| Meaning | Quick or skillful or adept in action or thought. | |
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| Examples |
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| Narrower | clean, neat | Free from clumsiness |
| clever, cunning, ingenious | showing inventiveness and skill | |
| coordinated, co-ordinated | dexterous in the use of more than one set of muscle movements | |
| deft, dexterous, dextrous | Skillful in physical movements | |
| handy | Skillful with the hands | |
| light-fingered, nimble-fingered | Having nimble fingers literally or figuratively | |
| quick-witted | mentally nimble and resourceful | |
| See also | artful | marked by skill in achieving a desired end especially with cunning or craft |
| Opposite | maladroit | not adroit |
| Spanish | diestro, hábil | |
| Catalan | destre, hàbil, manyós | |
| Nouns | adroitness | skillful performance or ability without difficulty |
| Adverbs | adroitly | with adroitness |
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