adroitness

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

English adroit

Proto-Germanic *-in-

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂

Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂

Proto-Indo-European *-yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ti

Proto-Germanic *-ōną

Proto-Germanic *-inōną

Proto-Indo-European *-dyé-

Proto-Germanic *-atjaną

Proto-Indo-European *-tus

Proto-Germanic *-þuz

Proto-Germanic *-assuz

Proto-Germanic *-inassuz

Proto-West Germanic *-nassī

Old English -nes

Middle English -nesse

English -ness

English adroitness

From adroit + -ness.

Pronunciation

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Noun

adroitness (usually uncountable, plural adroitnesses)

1. Skillfulness or ease of ability.

Derived terms

• unadroitness

Translations

displays of skillfulness

• Czech: zručnost (cs) f, obratnost (cs) f, šikovnost f
• Georgian: შნო (šno)
• Greek: επιδεξιότητα (el) f (epidexiótita), μαστοριά (el) f (mastoriá)
• Irish: aclaíocht f
• Italian: destrezza (it) f, abilità (it) f, maestria (it) f, perizia (it) f
• Kalmyk: эв (ev)
• Polish: zręczność (pl) f, zwinność (pl) f, zgrabność (pl) f
• Romanian: abilitate (ro) f, dexteritate (ro) f
• Serbo-Croatian: spretnost (sh) f
• Spanish: destreza (es) f, habilidad (es) f
• Turkish:

  Ottoman Turkish: صنعت (sanʼat, zanʼat), هنر (hüner)

Anagrams

• intradoses