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adroitly

Meanings
  • adverb

    Performing skillfully and cleverly, especially under pressure.

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adroit , adroiter , adroitest , adroitly , adroitness , adroitnesses
Etymology
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From the French word 'adroite', meaning 'agile' or 'skilled'.

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  1. The word 'adroitly' comes from the French word 'adroite', which means 'agile' or 'skillful'.

  2. The term 'adroitly' is often used to describe someone who is skilled or agile in their actions.

  3. In literature, the term 'adroitly' is sometimes used to describe a character's skillful performance or actions.

  4. The word 'adroitly' is sometimes used in music to describe a musician's skillful performance.

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  1. agility: The ability to move quickly and easily.

  2. dexterity: The ability to use the hands or body skillfully.

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  1. He was "adroit" with money and was blessed with the extraordinary Spanish gift of prolific, and even inchoate, invention.

    - V. S. Pritchett,"Goya … ",1975,{"source"=>"in {it}A Man of Letters{/it}", "aqdate"=>"1985"}

  2. Family medicine … is constructed around the unquantifiable idea that a doctor who treats your grandmother, your father, your niece, and your daughter will be more "adroit" in treating you.

    - John McPhee,{it}Table of Contents{/it},1984

  3. Rumor has always played a role in politics, but rarely have the backstage operatives been so "adroit", and so cynical, in their use of vitriol.

    - Walter Shapiro,{it}Time{/it},10 July 1989
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Adroitly has been used in literature to describe characters who are skilled or agile in their actions. For example, in F. Scott Fitzgerald's 'The Great Gatsby', Tom Buchanan is described as an 'adroit' dancer. In music, the term 'adroitly' is sometimes used to describe a musician's skillful performance.

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