adroitness

noun

Definition of adroitnessnext
1
as in prowess
mental skill or quickness shows a remarkable adroitness in identifying birds the moment they land at the feeder

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2
as in skill
subtle or imaginative ability in inventing, devising, or executing something with the adroitness of a magician, she twisted the balloons into the shape of a monkey

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for adroitness
  1. prowess
  2. skill
  3. ability
  4. talent
  5. proficiency
  6. aptitude
  7. dexterity
  8. finesse
Noun
  • Flashback: That road prowess followed the team to Seattle this week, where Houston held the No. 4-seed Sounders scoreless, forcing a penalty shoot-out.
    Jay R. Jordan, Axios, 1 Nov. 2024
  • The potential return of the Tasmanian tiger will be a culmination of efforts from scientists at the University of Melbourne, the technological prowess of Colossal Biosciences and the genetic contributions of a pickled 110-year old thylacine head.
    Scott Travers, Forbes, 31 Oct. 2024
Definition of prowess
Noun
  • Lynch even started his own foundation to share the skill with others struggling with trauma and toxic stress.
    Gabriella Rudy, NBC News, 14 Nov. 2024
  • Boxing classes can be a healthy way to help relieve stress, while also growing confidence in self-defense skills.
    Carolyn Burt, Orange County Register, 11 Nov. 2024
Definition of skill
Noun
  • This increase is attributed to the full integration of Ranco and its ability to acquire inventory and retain new customers.
    Quartz Bot, Quartz, 15 Nov. 2024
  • Last year, the U.S. government and the European Commission both published reports on the technology, with the White House proposing a potential research program with one of the objectives being to develop the ability to detect use or experimentation by others.
    Lara Williams, The Mercury News, 15 Nov. 2024
Definition of ability
Noun
  • But if Monday was any indication, there could be a lot more wins than last season. UCLA Sports No stars, just talent?
    Ben Bolch, Los Angeles Times, 5 Nov. 2024
  • Lim said that production and creative talent should expand their range of co-operation.
    Patrick Frater, Variety, 5 Nov. 2024
Definition of talent
Noun
  • In a data science team, the vertical bar symbolizes the team's deep technical skills, which include proficiency in areas such as statistics, machine learning, programming and data analysis.
    Shivanku Misra, Forbes, 1 Nov. 2024
  • Even more troubling, this failure rate marks a one-percentage-point drop in proficiency from the previous year, underscoring a worrying trend in student achievement that is raising alarms ...
    Stephen Moore, National Review, 15 Oct. 2024
Definition of proficiency
Noun
  • The same was true in HandBrake, as well as Geekbench, which measures overall aptitude at daily productivity tasks.
    Brian Westover, PCMAG, 7 Nov. 2024
  • Which is where Josephina shows her natural aptitude for the job, owning a standing target at the firing range and demonstrating a rapid-fire mastery of boots-on-the-ground directives in the noise-torture obstacle course or whatever.
    Andy Andersen, Vulture, 1 Nov. 2024
Definition of aptitude
Noun
  • Seldom settling for straightforward linearity or conventional structure, the group arranged sophisticated polyrhythms into the aural equivalent of jigsaw puzzles, and juggled scales and time signatures with profound dexterity.
    Bob Gendron, Chicago Tribune, 2 Nov. 2024
  • The few industrial robots that can see and grasp objects can only do a limited number of things with minimal dexterity due to a lack of general physical intelligence.
    Will Knight, WIRED, 31 Oct. 2024
Definition of dexterity
Noun
  • Lemon blossoms, intense minerality and subtle spice on the nose with an overall finesse that is energetic at its core with a long, linear finish.
    Cathrine Todd, Forbes, 30 Oct. 2024
  • Biles twisted and flipped with her usual finesse and was accompanied by an entourage of Olympians performing gravity-defying dance breaks that would give the Laker Girls a run for their money.
    Kaetlyn Liddy, NBC News, 24 Sep. 2024
Definition of finesse
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