[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

adroit \adroit"\, a. f. adroit; `a l. ad = droit straight,
   right, fr. l. directus, p. p. of dirigere. see direct.
   dexterous in the use of the hands or in the exercise of the
   mental faculties; exhibiting skill and readiness in avoiding
   danger or escaping difficulty; ready in invention or
   execution; -- applied to persons and to acts; as, an adroit
   mechanic, an adroit reply. "adroit in the application of the
   telescope and quadrant." --horsley. "he was adroit in
   intrigue." --macaulay.
   1913 webster

   syn: dexterous; skillful; expert; ready; clever; deft;
        ingenious; cunning; ready-witted.
        1913 webster
see also:
direct 

[2] : WordNet (r) 2.0

adroit
     adj 1: skillful or showing skill in adapting means to ends; "cool
            prudence and sensitive selfishness along with quick
            perception of what is possible--these distinguish an
            adroit politician"; "came up with a clever story"; "an
            ingenious press agent"; "an ingenious scheme" syn: clever,
             ingenious
     2: quick or skillful or adept in action or thought; "an
        exceptionally adroit pianist"; "an adroit technician";
        "his adroit replies to hecklers won him many followers";
        "an adroit negotiator" ant: maladroit
see also:
clever ingenious maladroit 

[3] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

90 moby thesaurus words for "adroit":
   daedalian, adept, adroitness, apt, artful, artistic, astute,
   authoritative, brainy, bravura, bright, brilliant, canny, clean,
   clever, coordinated, crack, crackerjack, craft, cunning, cute,
   daedal, deft, deftness, dexterity, dexterous, dexterousness,
   dextrous, diplomatic, excellent, expert, expertise, fancy, gifted,
   good, goodish, graceful, handy, ingenious, intelligent, keen,
   keen-witted, know-how, magisterial, masterful, masterly, neat,
   neat-handed, nimble, nimble-witted, no dumbbell, no mean,
   not born yesterday, perspicacious, politic, pretty, professional,
   proficient, prowess, quick, quick-thinking, quick-witted,
   quite some, readiness, ready, resourceful, scintillating, sharp,
   sharp-witted, shrewd, skill, skillful, sleight, slick, slim, sly,
   smart, some, statesmanlike, steel-trap, stylish, subtle, tactful,
   talented, the compleat, the complete, virtuoso, well-done, wicked,
   workmanlike

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