adroit manipulation of stocks
an exceptionally adroit pianist; an adroit technician; his adroit replies to hecklers won him many followers; an adroit negotiator.
He is adroit at [in] making excuses.
She gave the newsman an adroit reply.
adroit handling of an awkward situation
She is a remarkably adroit and determined politician.
He was scholarly, erudite, well read and an adroit writer.
You have an adroit way of inserting your comb, which flatters the skin.
My dad was specially adroit at making small hand-painted ornaments.
Through some adroit lawyering, Faal turned that mistake to a decisive advantage.
The dream falls short leading to another day of misty un-adroit perseverance of non-achievement of himself.
Iron is adroit and versatile, changing its very nature according to circumstances and the company it keeps.
The most adroit hand gesture in the world will not save you if your message is weak or nonexistent.
It was a blunder for a usually adroit politician not to warn his colleagues of their approaching crisis.
The less adroit, for lack of words and phrases wherein they can enclose life, retain of it but a flat and feeble likeness.
Benjamin Franklin, tactless in his youth, became so diplomatic, so adroit at handling people that he was made American Ambassador to France.
"Art of deception", which means attacking suddenly while the enemy is not prepared, using adroit tactics, swift mobility, and deception to crush the enemy.
This time it is another party and she has had too much to drink. She is funny and adroit and catches his attention.
Matisse believed that a pair of scissors could be more adroit than a pencil, that cutting directly out of coloured paper was like being a sculptor carving directly into stone.
Their pulling posture, their adroit bargaining, their shrewd use of short cuts or circuitous routes are enough to make them relive past glories and turn up their noses at the younger generation.
For the casual viewer, or those with no interest in getting sucked into the vortex, "the Constant" is an approachable, adroit stand-alone episode that conveys what all the fuss was about.
