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adroit
1650s, "dexterous," originally "rightly," from Fr. phrase
à droit
"according to right," from O.Fr.
à
"to" +
droit
"right," from L.L.
directum
"right, justice," acc. of L.
directus
"straight" (see
direct
). Related:
Adroitly
(1748).
