Detailed description and alternate definitions of the word 'adroit':

Dexterous; deft.

Skillful and adept under pressing conditions.
Antonym of word 'adroit' :

maladroit
Usage of the word 'adroit' in Sentences :

Whenever I visited Roosevelt on official business, I found a man adroit, voluble, assured, and smiling.

adroit tongue.

Proverbs aims to show a person how to become adroit at the greatest skill of all, the skill of living.

adroit handling.

I thought that was amusing, but not particularly adroit.
Usage of the word 'adroit' in popular media :
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