adroit

adjective
🔊/əˈdrɔɪt/
🔊/əˈdrɔɪt/
(formal)
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  1. clever and showing skill (尤指待人接物)精明的,干练的,机敏的synonym skilful
    • an adroit negotiator谈判老手
    Topics Personal qualitiesc2
    Word Originmid 17th cent.: from French, from à droit ‘according to right, properly’.