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adroiter

adroiter is the comparative form of adroit.

Meaning of adroit

Adjective

adroit (comparative adroiter or more adroit, superlative adroitest or most adroit)

  1. deft, dexterous, or skillful
    • A ſimple lad, with a whip in one hand, and the other locked in the arm of a young girl, is ſo loſt in gaping aſtoniſhment, that an adroit branch of the family of the Filches is clearing his pockets of their contents.1803, William Hogarth; Thomas Cook, engraver, “Southwark Fair”, in Anecdotes of Mr. Hogarth, and Explanatory Descriptions of the Plates of Hogarth Restored. Engraved by Thomas Cook, London: Printed...
    Synonyms:
    habile, skillful

Questions about adroiter

What is adroiter the comparative form of?
Adroiter is the comparative form of adroit.

Words near adroiter in the dictionary

  1. adrogates
  2. adrogating
  3. adrogation
  4. adrogations
  5. adroit
  6. adroiter
  7. adroitest
  8. adroitly
  9. adroitness
  10. adroitnesses
  11. Adrol

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