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Definition of Adroiter
1. adroit [adj] - See also: adroit
Lexicographical Neighbors of Adroiter
Literary usage of Adroiter
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Will to Believe: And Other Essays in Popular Philosophy by William James (1911)
"... to-day it is shamelessly asserted among us that one of the prime functions of
the national government is to help the adroiter citizens to grow rich. ..."
2. The Ring and the Book by Robert Browning (1898)
"You stand confessed the adroiter swordsman, —ay, But on your triumph you increase,
it seems, Want more of me than lying flat on face: I ought to raise my ..."
3. The Library of Literary Criticism of English and American Authors by Charles Wells Moulton (1902)
"He hath an adroiter wit than all his forefathers in philosophy if he will confound
this uncircumcised. The long and dull procession of reasoners that have ..."
4. Dramatic Opinions and Essays, with an Apology: With an Apology by Bernard Shaw (1907)
"It was much stricter, adroiter, finer, cleverer, more elaborate and erudite than
Mrs. Brown Potter's; but Modjeska was not genial. ..."
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