adroit
/uh-DROYT/adjectiveclever or skillful in using the hands or mind
“An adroit negotiator, she traded one clause for three.”
- Synonyms
- deft, dexterous, skillful
- Antonyms
- maladroit, clumsy
- Memory hook
- a droit (French, to the right): right-handed skillfulness.
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