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Wordnet 3.0

ADJECTIVE (1)

1. quick or skillful or adept in action or thought;
- Example: "an exceptionally adroit pianist"
- Example: "an adroit technician"
- Example: "his adroit replies to hecklers won him many followers"
- Example: "an adroit negotiator"



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Adroit \A*droit"\, 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]


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

adroit
    adj 1: 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]