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Definition: Adroitly |
AdroitlyAdverb1. In an adroit manner; "he handled the situation adroitly". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "adroitly" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1517. (references) |
Synonym: AdroitlySynonym: with adroitness (adv). (additional references) |
| Antonym: maladroitly (adv). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Adroitly |
| English words defined with "adroitly": easy ♦ facile. (references) |
| Title | Author | Quote |
Les Miserables | Hugo, Victor | And perhaps you will find in it the source of the fortune adroitly presented by Jean Valjean to Madame the Baroness. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Business | China adroitly uses this combination of tariffs and additional taxes to clamp down on imports that it views as threatening to its domestic industry. (references) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| "Adroitly" is generally used as an adverb (general) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Adroitly" is used about 42 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Adverb (general) | 100% | 42 | 52,864 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
adroitly | 8 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "adroitly"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | ببراعة (ably, craftily, facilely, finesse, proficiently, wittily, workmanly). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 娴熟地. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | zruènì. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
German | gewandte (dexterously). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | ügyesen (ably, adeptly, capably, deftly, expeditiously, expertly, masterly, nattily, skillfully, sleekly, slick, slickly, to jink, to play one's cards well). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 身'翻す (to dodge, to turn aside adroitly). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | み'ひるがえす (to dodge, to turn aside adroitly). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Korean | 교묘하게 (Artfully, Dexterously, Dextrously). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | adroitlyay îndemânatic (adroit, clever, deft, dexterous, dextrous, handy, light-handed, natty, skilful, skillful, slick, subtle, tricky, workmanlike). (various references) искусно (artfully, deftly, knowingly, neatly). (various references) ustalıkla, ustaca (masterful, masterly, skillfully, slick). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Derivations | |
Words ending with "adroitly": maladroitly. (additional references) | |
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"Adroitly" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: adroilty, adroity, aoroitly, Ardebili. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "adroitly" (pronounced udroy"tlē) |
| 3 | -t l ē | abruptly, absolutely, abundantly, accidently, accurately, acutely, adamantly, adequately, affectionately, alternately, apparently, appropriately, approximately, aptly, ardently, arrogantly, astutely, blatantly, bluntly, brightly, brilliantly, coherently, commensurately, compassionately, competently, complacently, completely, concomitantly, concretely, concurrently, confidently, consequently, consistently, constantly, conveniently, correctly, costly, courtly, covertly, currently, curtly, decently, defiantly, definitely, deftly, deliberately, delicately, desperately, devoutly, differently, difficultly, diligently, directly, discreetly, dishonestly, dispassionately, disproportionately, distinctly, earnestly, efficiently, elaborately, elegantly, eloquently, eminently, evidently, exactly, excellently, expertly, explicitly, exquisitely, extravagantly, exultantly, faintly, fervently, firstly, flagrantly, flamboyantly, flatly, fluently, forthrightly, fortnightly, fortunately, fraudulently, frequently, gently, ghastly, ghostly, greatly, hesitantly, honestly, hotly, illicitly, immaculately, immediately, imminently, impatiently, imperfectly, implicitly, importantly, imprudently, inaccurately, inadequately, inadvertently, inappropriately, incessantly, incoherently, incompetently, incorrectly, indefinitely, independently, indignantly, indirectly, indiscriminately, inefficiently, ineptly, infinitely, infrequently, inherently, innately, innocently, inordinately, insistently, instantly, insufficiently, intelligently, intently, intermittently, intimately, intricately, jointly, justly, knightly, lastly, lately, legitimately, leniently, lightly, magnificently, manifestly, militantly, minutely, moderately, modestly, mostly, motley, neatly, negligently, nightly, nonchalantly, obediently, overtly, partly, passionately, patently, patiently, perfectly, permanently, persistently, pleasantly, poignantly, politely, portly, predominantly, presently, priestly, privately, prominently, promptly, proportionately, prudently, pungently, quaintly, quietly, raptly, recently, reluctantly, remotely, resolutely, reverently, rightly, robustly, saintly, secretly, separately, shortly, significantly, silently, slightly, smartly, softly, sprightly, stately, steadfastly, stoutly, strictly, stridently, stringently, subsequently, succinctly, sufficiently, sweetly, swiftly, tacitly, tightly, transparently, triumphantly, ultimately, unfortunately, unjustly, unpleasantly, unsightly, urgently, valiantly, vastly, vehemently, violently, virulently, Whitely. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: dilatory, idolatry. | |
| Words within the letters "a-d-i-l-o-r-t-y" | |
-1 letter: dilator, orality, tardily. | |
-2 letters: adroit, aliyot, aridly, artily, daylit, drylot, rialto, tailor. | |
-3 letters: aroid, daily, dairy, diary, dirty, doily, dorty, dotal, drail, drily, droit, laird, laity, lardy, liard, lidar, lirot, lyard, lyart, radio, ratio, riyal, roily, royal, tardo, tardy, tidal, toady, today, tolar, trail, triad, trial, triol, yaird. | |
-4 letters: adit, airt, airy, alit, alto, arid, aril, arty, aryl, dart, dato, dial, diol, dirl, dirt, dita, doat, doit, dolt, dory, doty, drat, dray, idly, idol, idyl, iota, lady, laid, lair, lard, lari, lati, liar, lido, lira, load, lord, lory, lota, loti, odyl, oily, oldy, orad, oral, raid, rail, rato, rial, riot, road, roil, rota, roti, rotl, ryot, tail, tali, taro, tidy, tirl, tiro, toad, tody, toil, tola, told, tora, tori, tory, trad, tray, trio, trod, troy, tyro, yald, yard, yird. | |
-5 letters: ado, aid, ail, air, ait, alt, art, dal, day, dit, dol, dor, dot, dry, lad, lar, lat, lay, lid, lit, lot, oar, oat, oil, old, ora, ort, rad, rat, ray, ria, rid, rod, rot, rya, tad, tao, tar, til, tod, tor, toy, try, yar, yid, yod. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-d-i-l-o-r-t-y" | |
+1 letter: thyroidal. | |
+2 letters: auditorily, botryoidal, cordiality, depilatory, dilatorily, modularity, radiolytic, solidarity, toroidally. | |
+3 letters: adorability, artiodactyl, crystalloid, dilatometry, doctrinally, editorially, maladroitly, maledictory, mandatorily, prodigality, roadability, tetraploidy, valedictory. | |
+4 letters: admonitorily, artiodactyls, coordinately, crystalloids, decoratively, deflationary, derogatively, derogatorily, disastrously, discordantly, idolatrously, immoderately, inordinately, stridulatory. | |
+5 letters: affordability, considerately, constrainedly, crystalloidal, deprecatorily, devolutionary, dictatorially, dissimilatory, documentarily, formidability, gradationally, hydroxylating, hydroxylation, periodontally, perissodactyl, predominantly, predominately, radioactively, solderability, subordinately, synarthrodial, traditionally. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)41 64 72 6F 69 74 6C 79 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references).- -.. .-. --- .. - .-.. -.--. |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000001 01100100 01110010 01101111 01101001 01110100 01101100 01111001 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)A d r o i t l y |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0041 0064 0072 006F 0069 0074 006C 0079 |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)3570848175867891 |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Quotations: Fiction | 5. Quotations: Non-fiction 6. Usage Frequency 7. Expressions: Internet 8. Translations: Modern | 9. Derivations 10. Rhymes 11. Anagrams 12. Orthography | 13. Bibliography |
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