adroit

Founding-era definition · Webster's 1828 American Dictionary

ADROIT', [Latin directus, dirigo. See Right.] Dextrous; skillful; active in the use of the hands, and figuratively, in the exercise of the mental faculties; ingenious; ready in invention or execution.
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