adroitness
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dexterity, flexibility, ease, and speed in the use of the hands or body.
Instead of main roads he prefers the steep, rocky shortcuts through the forest, which he negotiates with the adroitness of a dancer.
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clever skill or ingenuity.
The former governor, whose eight years out of office have eroded his adroitness as a debater, delivered a low-key and sometimes halting performance.
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And his adroitness in capturing musical performance is easy to see in “The Color Purple,” produced by a trio of heavyweights from the first film: Oprah Winfrey, Spielberg and Quincy Jones.
From Washington Times ● Dec. 21, 2023
This was a dangerous dance that required adroitness, experience and another kind of courage.
From Washington Post ● Feb. 10, 2023
His ascension to the throne in 2006, after his predecessor and namesake could no longer carry out his duties because of poor health, reflected his political adroitness.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 6, 2022
Whence, then, L’Engle’s adroitness at fantasy or science fiction, call it what you will, with its reliance on enormous inventiveness, narrative panache and derring-do?
From New York Times ● May 18, 2018
By her own quick-wittedness and adroitness she had turned the tables on her would-be destroyer.
From "And Then There Were None" by Agatha Christie
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