adroit

[US]/əˈdrɔɪt/
[UK]/əˈdrɔɪt/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

adj. habilidoso e inteligente

Phrases & Collocations

An adroit negotiator

Um negociador habilidoso

Example Sentences

he was adroit at tax avoidance.

ele era hábil em evitar impostos.

an adroit tennis player

um jogador de tênis habilidoso

their adroit evasion of almost all questions.

sua evasão habilidosa de quase todas as perguntas.

Jamie was adroit at flattering others.

Jamie era hábil em elogiar os outros.

The hostess averted a confrontation between the two guests with an adroit and diplomatic change of subject.

A anfitriã evitou um confronto entre os dois convidados com uma mudança de assunto habilidosa e diplomática.

Real-world Examples

It finances its spending with an adroit tax system.

Ele financia seus gastos com um sistema tributário habilidoso.

Source: The Economist - Finance

The elderly man could not walk, but he was still adroit with his hands.

O homem idoso não conseguia andar, mas ainda era habilidoso com as mãos.

Source: IELTS Vocabulary: Category Recognition

Watching him move, adroit for such a short, heavy man, I felt guilty at the deception.

Observando-o se mover, habilidoso para um homem tão baixo e pesado, senti-me culpado pela decepção.

Source: Flowers for Algernon

The adroit Canadian spent his time preparing the meat and flour products he had brought from Gueboroa Island.

O canadense habilidoso passou seu tempo preparando os produtos de carne e farinha que havia trazido da Ilha Gueboroa.

Source: Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea (Original Version)

His skilful diplomacy depended upon his adroit use of flattery.

Sua diplomacia habilidosa dependia de seu uso astuto da bajulação.

Source: Southwest Associated University English Textbook

And the tea-party, under Gino's adroit management, receded ever and ever before her.

E o chá, sob a gestão habilidosa de Gino, recuava cada vez mais à sua frente.

Source: The places where angels dare not tread.

The animal dropped, electrocuted, and its descent brought it within reach of our adroit hunter, who promptly took possession of it.

O animal caiu, eletrocutado, e sua descida o colocou ao alcance do nosso caçador habilidoso, que prontamente o tomou.

Source: Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea (Original Version)

The adroit adulation about his legend was adrift from one city to another.

A adulação habilidosa sobre sua lenda estava à deriva de uma cidade para outra.

Source: Pan Pan

So let say we want to remember the word " adroit" , which means " clever or skillful at something; really good at something" .

Então, digamos que queremos lembrar a palavra "adroit", que significa "esperto ou habilidoso em algo; muito bom em algo".

Source: Listening Digest

Twenty times she seemed almost to be submerged by these mountains of water which rose behind her;but the adroit management of the pilot saved her.

Vinte vezes ela pareceu quase ser submersa por essas montanhas de água que se levantavam atrás dela; mas a gestão habilidosa do piloto a salvou.

Source: Around the World in Eighty Days

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