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Meanings of adroit in inglês
Antônimos
Examples for "maladroit"
Examples for "maladroit"
1
He had been maladroit, he thought, had lost his presence of mind.
2
Rubio, acceptable on other grounds, is seen as a hopelessly maladroit.
3
The drumbeats ended and Amy shuffled off the stage in a maladroit fashion.
4
He asked a thousand pardons of Madame la Duchesse for being so maladroit.
5
Out of which maladroit delay sprang anxieties, disappointments, shocks, catastrophes, and passing-strange destinies.
Usage of adroit in inglês
1
I was an inexperienced youth, and the cavalier was adroit in questioning.
2
They were fairly adroit workers in silver, electrum, and especially in gold.
3
The answer of the Advocate was sufficiently adroit if not excessively sincere.
4
The adroit capture of Bonn by Martin Schenk had given much trouble.
5
Lady Constance was a distinguished beauty of two seasons; fresh, but adroit.
6
His enemies were as adroit and powerful as any in the East.
7
He was not merely adroit and not merely powerful, he was faithless.
8
Red Jacket had a quick and acute perception, he was very adroit.
9
The adroit mixture of reproach with commendation, was not done without reflection.
10
His intellect was apparently as alert and adroit as his physical action.
11
The Frenchman has always been an excellent rifleman, intelligent, adroit and bold.
12
Panshine really was very adroit-notless so than his father had been.
13
He had crossed a stream which seemed impassable by adroit, insincere diplomacy.
14
When Lady Bassett read this, she saw she had an adroit opponent.
15
The world, perhaps, never furnished a more adroit debater than John Forsyth.
16
Judge Graney was the most adroit and dangerous of John Dumont's tools.
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Adroit through the time
Adroit across language varieties
United Kingdom
Common
United States of America
Less common