adroit

Definitions

From French à droit, "toward the right / properly." The droit traces back to Latin rēctus (straight, right) — the same root as rect, but reshaped in French. Because the right hand was seen as the skilled, "correct" hand, à droit came to mean doing something the right, deft way: adroit = clever and dexterous, the opposite of clumsy.

Common Collocations

• 1.adroit handling灵巧处理
• 2.adroit move巧妙的一招
• 3.adroit at擅长……

Example Sentences

• 1.

  She gave an adroit answer that avoided the trap in the question.

• 2.

  He is adroit at handling difficult customers.

• 3.

  The diplomat made an adroit move to ease the tension.