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Skillful in handling an action, task, or difficult situation.
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- adroit maneuver
- adroit handling
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An adroit maneuver brought the boat alongside.
Her adroit handling of the question eased the meeting.
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Primary category: literary. Forms: Comparative more adroit; superlative most adroit where gradation is meaningful. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings.
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