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Definition: Adroitness |
AdroitnessNoun1. Skillful performance or ability without difficulty; "his quick adeptness was a product of good design"; "he was famous for his facility as an archer". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "adroitness" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1613. (references) |
Synonyms: AdroitnessSynonyms: adeptness (n), deftness (n), facility (n), quickness (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Skill | Noun: skill, skillfulness, address; dexterity, dexterousness; adroitness, expertness; Adjective: proficiency, competence, technical competence, craft, callidity, facility, knack, trick, sleight; mastery, mastership, excellence, panurgy; ambidexterity, ambidextrousness; sleight of hand; (deception). |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Adroitness |
| English words defined with "adroitness": dexterity ♦ Featness ♦ manual dexterity ♦ repartee ♦ sleight ♦ with adroitness. (references) |
| Title | Author | Quote |
Les Miserables | Hugo, Victor | The story was told, and everybody was in ecstasy at the adroitness of the officer. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| "Adroitness" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Adroitness" is used about 11 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 |
| Noun (singular) | 100% | 11 | 106,044 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expression using "adroitness": with adroitness. Additional references. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. |
| Language | Translations for "adroitness"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | shkathtësi (agility, cleverness, craftiness, cunning, deftness, dexterity, facility, jugglery, legerity, lubricity, refractoriness, resourcefulness, sagacity, skill, smartness). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | مهارة (adeptness, cleverness, dexterity, expertise, expertness, know how, proficiency, skill, skillfulness, smartness), خفة (alacrity, dexterity, flightiness, knack, levity, lightness, sleight of hand, temerity). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | ловкост (address, agility, diplomacy, legerdemain, neatness, skill, sleight, sleight of hand, subtlety). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | obratnost (deftness, dexterity, facility, finesse, readiness). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | habileté, dextérité. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Gewandtheit (accomplishment, agility, cleverness, deftness, dexterity, dexterousness, elegance, eloquence, expertness, facility, glibness, handiness, neatness, nimbleness, savoir faire, skilfulness, skillfulness, suaveness, suavity, urbanity). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | επιτηδιότητα (aptitude), επιδεξιότητα (ability, capability, cleverness, deftness, dexterity, skill). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | ügyesség (accomplishment, address, art, artfulness, artifice, artificiality, cleverness, craftwork, deftness, dexterity, efficiency, expertness, facility, faculty, ingeniousness, ingenuity, knowingness, labour skill, mastery, neatness, skilfulness, skill, slickness). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Indonesian | ketangkasan (agility, brevity, dexterity, knack), kecekatan (brevity, dexterity). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | abilit (ability, accomplishment, adeptness, artifice, capability, capacity, cleverness, craft, cunning, expertise, expertness, ingenuity, knack, know how, mastership, mastery, proficiency, prowess, skilfulness, skill, skillfulness, sleight), destrezza (accomplishment, dexterity, expertness, knack, skilfulness, skill, skillfulness). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | schlei (ability, art, attainment, flair, forte, know-how, skill, talent, virtuosity), jesh-laueys (ambidexterity, handiness), ablid (ability, capacity, faculty). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | adroitnessay sagacidade (acumen, apprehensiveness, canniness, deepness, freehearted, policy, sagacity, sapience, wisdom, wit), inteligência (ability to think, aptness, brains, cleverness, faculty of thought, grasp, handgun, head, headpiece, intellect, intelligence, mind, sagacity, sense, smartness, solidity, understanding, uptake, wit), habilidade (ability, accomplishments, acquaintance, acquirement, address, art, asset, cleverness, come off, competence, competency, craft, craftsmanship, cunning, dexterity, diplomacy, dodge, dodgery, facility, genius, gimmick, hand, ingenuous, knack, know how, neatness, put off, savvy, science, shift, skill, tact, trick), destreza (ability, aptitude, art, artfulness, cunning, dexterity, hand, knack, skill, wit), despacho (by law, clearing, decree, despatch, dispatch, expedition, judgment, knack, mandarin, order, resourcefulness). (various references) abilitate (ability, address, aptness, art, cleverness, competence, craft, cunning, deftness, finesse, genius, knack, resourcefulness, skill, talent), isteţime (cleverness, cunning, cuteness, quickness, sharpness, smartness), dibãcie (artifice, cleverness, cunning, dexterity, management, prowess, skilfulness, sleight, tactics), îndemânare (ability, address, art, craft, deftness, dexterity, dexterousness, hand, handiness, skill, sleight, sportsmanship, workmanship). (various references) ловкость (address, agility, artfulness, cleverness, craft, deftness, dexterity, finesse, hand, knack, light hand, shiftiness, sleight, smartness). (various references) spretnost (deftness, dexterity, handiness, proficiency), snalažljivost (resourcefulness). (various references) habilidad (ability, address, aptitude, aptness, artifice, capacity, cleverness, competence, competency, deftness, expertise, facility, habitably, know how, neatness, possibility, proficiency, prowess, savoir faire, skilfulness, skill, skillfulness, sleight). (various references) snabbhet (celerity, fastness, promptitude, quickness, rapidity, readiness, swiftness), skicklighet (address, aptitude, art, artifice, capability, cleverness, cunning, deftness, dexterity, expertise, expertness, faculty, fineness, ingenuity, knack, proficiency, prowess, savoir faire, skill, skills). (various references) hüner (address, art, attainments, craft, craftsmanship, deftness, dexterity, ingenuity, skill, stunt), el çabukluğu (dexterity, hat trick, hocus pocus, hokey-pokey, hoky-poky, legerdemain, pass, prestidigitation, sleight, sleight of hand, trick), beceriklilik (agility, cleverness, dexterity, feat, handiness, ingeniousness, skill, smartness, versatility), beceri (ability, accomplishment, accomplishments, address, art, artfulness, artifice, attainments, craft, cunning, deftness, dexterity, faculty, feat, finesse, ingeniousness, ingenuity, knack, know how, resource, savoir faire, science, skill, sleight, wizardry). (various references) зakganlyk (dexterity). (various references) спритність (ability, activity, agility, alertness, artfulness, cleverness, deftness, efficiency, knack, nimbleness, policy, readiness, sleight), вправність (address, artfulness, competence, competency, craft, deftness, efficiency, neatness, sharpness, subtlety), винахідливість (contrivance, ingenuity, initiative, invention, inventiveness, nimbleness, resourcefulness), моторність (agility, alertness, celerity, deftness, dexterity, nimbleness). (various references) sự khéo tay (cunning, deftness, dexterity, skill, sleight), sự khéo léo (craftsmanship, deftness, delicacy, dexterity, finesse, savoir faire, skill). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "adroitness": adroitnesses. (additional references) | |
Words ending with "adroitness": maladroitness. (additional references) | |
Words containing "adroitness": maladroitnesses. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| Words rhyming with "adroitness" (pronounced 'A*droit"ness'): Abruptness, Abstruseness, Absurdness, Acuteness, Adaptness, Adeptness, Adultness, Albiness, Alertness, Allness, Aloneness, Aloofness, Animoseness, Antiqueness, Apartness, Apertness, Aptness, Archness, Arguteness, Augustness, Austereness, Averseness, Badness, Baldness, Bareness, Baseness, Bigness, Blackness, Blandness, Blankness, Blindness, Blitheness, Blondness, Blueness, Bluffness, Bluntness, Boldness, Braveness, Briefness, brightness, Briskness, Broadness, Brownness, Brusqueness, Bruteness, Budgeness, Business, Calmness, Cavalierness, Chasteness, Cheapness, Childness, Chillness, Choiceness, Chopness, Circumspectness, Cleanness, Clearness, Closeness, Coarseness, Coldness, Compactness, Completeness, Conciseness, Concreteness, Condignness, Conjointness, Coolness, Correctness, Corruptness, Coyness, Crankness, Crassness, Crispness, Crossness, Crudeness, Curstness, Curtness, Cuteness, Daftness, Dampness, Darkness, Deadness, Deafness, Dearness, Debauchness, Debonairness, Deepness, Deftness, Demureness, Devoutness, Diffuseness, Diluteness, Dimness, Directness, Direness, Dirkness, Diskindness, Dislikeness, Disperseness, Distinctness, Diverseness, Divineness, Dryness, Dueness, Dulceness, Dullness, Dumbness, Duskness, Erectness, Exactness, Expertness, Expressness, Faintness, Fairness, Falness, Falseness, Farness, Fastness, Fatness, Featness, Fellness, Ferdness, fewness, fineness, firmness, fitness, flatness, fleetness, Flushness, fondness, forgiveness, forlornness, Forswornness, foulness, frailness, frankness, Freeness, freshness, fullness, gameness, Gastness, gayness, genteelness, Ghastness, Gladness, Glibness, Glumness, Goneness, Goodness, grandness, graveness, grayness, greatness, greenness, grimness, grossness, grotesqueness, Halfness, hardness, harshness, Highness, hirsuteness, hoarseness, hotness, illness, immatureness, immenseness, impureness, incompleteness, incorrectness, incorruptness, indirectness, indistinctness, ineptness, inertness, inexactness, Inexpertness, Infirmness, insaneness, insecureness, Intenseness, intentness, justness, keenness, KINDNESS, lameness, Lankness, largeness, lateness, laxness, leanness, likeness, limpness, litheness, Loathness, Loneness, longness, looseness, loudness, loving-kindness, lowness, madness, matureness, meanness, meekness, Meetness, mildness, minuteness, moistness, Moreness, moroseness, Muchness, Muteness, Nearness, neatness, Newness, Niceness, Nighness, Northness, Numbness, Obeseness, Oblateness, Obliqueness, Obscureness, Obtuseness, Occultness, Oddness, Oldness, Oneness, Opaqueness, Ornateness, Oughtness, Outness, Overfullness, Overgreatness, Overlargeness, Overmuchness, Overthwartness, Paleness, Patness, Pertness, Perverseness, Piedness, Pinkness, Plainness, Platness, Plumpness, Politeness, Poorness, Primeness, Primness, Profaneness, Profoundness, Profuseness, Prolixness, Promptness, Proneness, Proudness, Pureness, Quaintness, Quakness, Queerness, Quickness, rankness, rareness, rashness, Rawness, Recluseness, redness, remissness, Repleteness, richness, rightness, ripeness, robustness, Rotundness, roughness, roundness, sadness, safeness, Sageness, Salineness, Saltness, sameness, saneness, scantness, Scrimpness, secureness, Seedness, Selectness, Selfness, Self-willedness, Sereneness, Setness, sharpness, shortness, shrillness, shyness, sickness, Silkness, Sincereness, slackness, sleekness, slickness, slightness, slimness, Sliness, Slopeness, slowness, slyness, smallness, smartness, smoothness, smugness, snugness, softness, Soleness, Soothness, soreness, soundness, sourness, Southness, spareness, sparseness, squareness, staidness, staleness, Stanchness, Starchness, starkness, Stayedness, steepness, sternness, stiffness, stillness, stoutness, Straitness, strangeness, strictness, Stuntness, Sublimeness, Submissness, sureness, Swartness, sweetness, swiftness, tallness, tameness, tartness, thickness, thinness, Thwartness, tightness, tiredness, toughness, Trigness, trimness, trueness, Truthness, Underniceness, Undueness, Unfirmness, unharness, unlikeness, Unripeness, Unsadness, Unwellness, vagueness, Vainness, Vastness, Voidness, Wanness, Warmness, Wasteness, Weakness, Weirdness, Westness, Whereness, Whiteness, Wholeness, Wideness, Wildness, Wiseness, Woodness, Wrawness, Wrongness, Wryness, Youngness. (additional references) |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: intradoses. | |
| Words within the letters "a-d-e-i-n-o-r-s-s-t" | |
-1 letter: assertion, asteroids, ordinates, sedations, senoritas, tardiness. | |
-2 letters: adenosis, adonises, aneroids, aridness, arointed, arsonist, artiness, assentor, assorted, asteroid, astonied, astonies, destains, detrains, diasters, diatrons, disaster, disrates, erasions, indorses, intrados, notaries, oestrins, ordinate, randiest, rationed, retsinas, sadirons, sandiest, sardines, sarodist, sedation, senators, senorita, sensoria, sordines, stainers, standers, starnose, stearins, steroids, strained, torsades, treasons. | |
-3 letters: aneroid, anestri, antired, antsier, aorists, aridest, aristos, aroints, arsines, astride, atoners, atonies, destain, detains, detrain, diaster, diatron, dineros, disrate, disseat, dissent, dissert, donates, dossier, editors, entasis, erasion, estrins, indorse, inroads, inserts, instars, instead, iodates, nastier, nasties, nestors, norites, nosiest, oestrin, ordains, ordines, orients, randies, ratines, rations, reasons, retains, retinas, retsina, roadies, roasted, rodents, rosiest, rosined, sadiron, sainted, sanders, sandier, santirs, sardine, sarodes, satires, satoris, senator, seniors, senoras, sestina, sinters, snidest, snorted, sonders, sonsier, sordine, sorites, sortied, sorties, staider, stained, stainer, stander, stearin, steroid, stoners, stonier, storied, stories, strains, strands, strides, tansies, tardies, tensors, tinders, tirades, tisanes, toadies, torsade, trained, treason, triodes, trioses. | |
-4 letters: adonis, adores, adorns, adroit, aiders, airest, airted, anises, anodes, antres, aorist, ardent, ariose, arisen, arises, aristo, aroids, aroint, arseno, arsine, arsino, arsons, asides, assent, assert, assort, astern, asters, atoned, atoner, atones, daises, danios, dassie, daters, deairs, deists, denari, denars, derats, desist, detain, dinars, dinero, diners, direst, donate, donsie, dories, dosers, dosser, doters, dotier, drains, driest, droits, drones, editor, enosis, eosins, essoin, estrin, inerts, inroad, insert, insets, instar, inters, intros, iodate, irades, ironed, irones, nadirs, nestor, niters, nitres, nitros, noesis, noised, noises, norias, norite, nosier, noters, oaters, odists, onsets, onside, orated, orates, ordain, oreads, orient, ornate, osiers, ossein, radios, radons, rained, raised, raises, ranids, ranted, ratine, ration, ratios, reason, redans, redias, redons, resaid, resids, resins, resist, resods, retain, retina, rident, rinsed, rinses, rioted, roadie, roasts, rodent, rosets, rosins, sadist, sained, saints, sander, sanest, sanies, sansei, santir, santos, sarins, sarode, sarods, sarsen, satins, satire, satori, season, sedans, seisor, senior, senora, senors, sensor, serais, serins, serosa, setons, siesta, sinter, sirens, sister, sistra, sitars, snared, snares, snider, snored, snores, snorts, soared, sonars, sonder, sondes, sonsie, sorest, sorned, sorted, sortie, stades, stains, stairs, stands, staned, stanes, stared, stares, steads, steins, stenos, sterna, sterns, stoned, stoner, stones, stored, stores, strain, strand, striae, stride, strode, tassie, teinds, tenias, tenors, tensor, terais, tinder, tineas, tirade, tisane, todies, toners, tonier, tories, torses, tossed, tosser, trades, trains, treads, trends, triads, triens, trined, trines, triode, triose, tronas, trones, tsades, tsadis, tsores, tsoris. | |
-5 letters: adios, adits, adore, adorn, aeons, aider, aides, aired, airns, airts, anise, anode, anted, antes, antis, antre, arise, aroid. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-d-e-i-n-o-r-s-s-t" | |
+1 letter: designators, diatessaron. | |
+2 letters: adroitnesses, desalinators, desecrations, desperations, diatessarons, dilatoriness, dispensatory, disrelations, disseminator, dissertation, subordinates, towardliness. | |
+3 letters: aldosteronism, desiderations, disorientates, disseminators, dissertations, endoparasites, grandiosities, maladroitness, radiationless, traditionless. | |
+4 letters: aldosteronisms, antidepression, antimodernists, arrondissement, conquistadores, considerations, coordinateness, decorativeness, deforestations, demonstrations, demonstratives, desegregations, deuteragonists, dilatorinesses, disintegrators, dispensatories, dissertational, documentarists, endocarditises, endoparasitism, idolatrousness, immoderateness, inordinateness, insubordinates, modernisations, predestinators, radiosensitive, reconsolidates, roadworthiness, serodiagnostic, skateboardings, superadditions, towardlinesses, transistorised, transistorized. | |
+5 letters: aerodynamicists, antidepressions, arrondissements, considerateness, countershadings, deconsecrations, defenestrations, dictatorialness, disaggregations, discouragements, disembarkations, disintegrations, disorientations, endoparasitisms, maladroitnesses, predestinations, redistillations, repudiationists, subordinateness, trisoctahedrons, ultramodernists. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)41 64 72 6F 69 74 6E 65 73 73 |
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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 01101110 01100101 01110011 01110011 |
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