How do you use Adroit in a sentence? See 10+ example sentences showing how this word appears in different contexts, including synonyms like clever or ingenious, plus the exact meaning.
Adroit meaning
deft, dexterous, or skillful
Synonyms of Adroit
Using Adroit
- The main meaning on this page is: deft, dexterous, or skillful
- Useful related words include: clever, ingenious, artful, nimble-fingered.
- In the example corpus, adroit often appears in combinations such as: most adroit, adroit at.
Context around Adroit
- Average sentence length in these examples: 25.4 words
- Position in the sentence: 8 start, 7 middle, 4 end
- Sentence types: 19 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Adroit
- In this selection, "adroit" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 25.4 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, though, politically, remarkably, stick, screen and louverture stand out and add context to how "adroit" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include a less adroit politician than and a remarkably adroit player on. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "adroit" sits close to words such as aare, aarti and abl, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with adroit
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
With this medium, the artist applied modest, simplified—though adroit—screen-printed images. (13 words)
This adaptive controller called the Adroit Switchblade was created by AbleGamers and Evil Controllers. (14 words)
The chorus, like the orchestra, was adroit, even in the Latin Quarter chaos of Act II. (16 words)
Ellmann (1988:404) Peter Raby said these essentially English plays were well-pitched, "Wilde, with one eye on the dramatic genius of Ibsen, and the other on the commercial competition in London's West End, targeted his audience with adroit precision". (41 words)
Taft usually proved to be a less adroit politician than Roosevelt and lacked the energy and personal magnetism, along with the publicity devices, the dedicated supporters, and the broad base of public support that made Roosevelt so formidable. (38 words)
Though Democrats reinstated the disappearing quorum when they took control of the House the following year, Reed as minority leader proved so adroit at using the tactic against them that Democrats reinstated Reed Rules in 1894. (36 words)
Example sentences (19)
The chorus, like the orchestra, was adroit, even in the Latin Quarter chaos of Act II.
Through co-operation with the leaders of these events and adroit stick-handling by the police, there has been minimal disruption to regular users of the downtown core.
Harris appears to have selected Walz as her running mate in part because of how adroit he has proven to be in this playing field despite being 60 years old.
With this medium, the artist applied modest, simplified—though adroit—screen-printed images.
Politically adroit, Louverture set the enemies of the new French Republic against each other and spread misinformation and rumour among them.
By 16, Pink and two other white girls had formed Choice, a group whose vocals and music direction would confuse even the most adroit ear for a trio of black girls.
One of the most adroit politicians in Britain, Ms. Sturgeon knows that despite widespread misgivings about Brexit, the majority needed for independence does not currently exist.
This adaptive controller called the Adroit Switchblade was created by AbleGamers and Evil Controllers.
Those who are adroit at manipulating this “new media” by tracking our likes and dislikes, purchases and politics, use media like a feather toy distracting a cat.
Those who are not yet as adroit as my new Polish and Slovakian friends will probably want to practise on you.
Whatever his motives, the 34-year-old dictator has proved to be a remarkably adroit player on the world stage.
Ellmann (1988:404) Peter Raby said these essentially English plays were well-pitched, "Wilde, with one eye on the dramatic genius of Ibsen, and the other on the commercial competition in London's West End, targeted his audience with adroit precision".
He has an adroit intellect, and is a creative thinker—not a repeater, not a fact-gatherer.
Many historians praise him as a visionary who was instrumental in uniting Germany and, once that had been accomplished, kept the peace in Europe through adroit diplomacy.
Mountbatten's adroit overt and covert plans successfully inflamed the simmering mutual distrust between Hindus and Muslims but ensured the two new nations to remain friendly to the British.
Over time, his commentary, and his adroit cultivation of a positive image as an industrious and intellectual young man, earned him a great deal of social respect.
Taft usually proved to be a less adroit politician than Roosevelt and lacked the energy and personal magnetism, along with the publicity devices, the dedicated supporters, and the broad base of public support that made Roosevelt so formidable.
The French destroyer Adroit was sunk on 21 May 1940, followed by the paddle steamer Crested Eagle on 28 May.
Though Democrats reinstated the disappearing quorum when they took control of the House the following year, Reed as minority leader proved so adroit at using the tactic against them that Democrats reinstated Reed Rules in 1894.
Common combinations with adroit
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- most adroit 2×
- adroit at 2×