adroit

How to use adroit in a sentence

Many spiders avoid cannibalism by using special tactile signals that could be copied by adroit predators, thereby deceiving the arachnids, he says.

The countess-dowager was not very adroit at spelling and composition, whether French or English, as you observe.

ELSTER'S FOLLYMRS. HENRY WOOD

The adroit Mohammedan knew better than to trust his sahib and himself too long on the highway.

One or the other was always ready with an adroit question which brought out the whole story.

There was no applause as the little man outwitted his follower by an adroit dodge under the ticket wagon.

Priests the most adroit have overcharged religion with ceremonies, and practices, and mysteries.

LETTERS TO EUGENIAPAUL HENRI THIRY HOLBACH

Napoleon himself was only eight years older, but his mind was more penetrating and adroit by a whole generation.

Alexander had chosen an envoy who was the very antipodes of the adroit and elegant Caulaincourt.

For the purposes of this difficult negotiation Napoleon had chosen Caulaincourt, his devoted servant and most adroit diplomat.

Supple, agile, and adroit in all kinds of bodily exercises, Charming had an indolent mind.

SYNONYM OF THE DAY

OCTOBER 26, 1985