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adroitness

/əˈdrɔɪtnəs/

Meanings
noun
Skillfulness or ease of ability.

Examples :

"The surgeon's adroitness with the scalpel saved the patient's life. "
ability quality achievement

Related Words

Illustration patient

patient noun

/ˈpeɪʃənt/

A person or animal who receives treatment from a doctor or other medically educated person.

"The patient followed the doctor's instructions carefully. "

Illustration ability

ability noun

/əˈ.bɪl.ɪ.ti/

Suitableness.

"The student's ability to concentrate in noisy environments was crucial for success in the class. "

Illustration of

of preposition

/ɔv/ /ɒv/ /ə/ /ʌv/

Expressing distance or motion.

"The school is located five miles of the town center. "

Illustration saved

saved verb

/seɪvd/

To prevent harm or difficulty.

"The umbrella saved me from getting wet in the rain. "

Illustration with

with adverb

/wɪθ/ /wɪð/

Along, together with others, in a group, etc.

"Do you want to come with?"

Illustration ease

ease noun

/iːz/ /iz/

Ability, the means to do something, particularly:

"The ease of learning a new language depends on the quality of the language courses. "

Illustration life

life noun

/laɪf/

The state of organisms preceding their death, characterized by biological processes such as metabolism and reproduction and distinguishing them from inanimate objects; the state of being alive and living.

"Having experienced both, the vampire decided that he preferred (un)death to life.  He gave up on life."

Illustration s

s noun

/ɛs/

A weight of 1/288 of a pound, that is, twenty grains or one third of a dram, about 1.3 grams (symbol: ℈).

"The antique scale was so sensitive that it could measure the weight difference between two samples that differed by just one s. "

Illustration the

the adverb

/ði/ /ˈðiː/

With a comparative or with more and a verb phrase, establishes a correlation with one or more other such comparatives.

"It looks weaker and weaker, the more I think about it."

Illustration or

or conjunction

/ɔː(ɹ)/ /ɔɹ/ /ɚ/

Connects at least two alternative words, phrases, clauses, sentences, etc. each of which could make a passage true. In English, this is the "inclusive or." The "exclusive or" is formed by "either [...] or".

"He might get cancer, or be hit by a bus, or God knows what."

Illustration surgeon

surgeon noun

/ˈsɜːdʒən/ /ˈsɝdʒən/

One who performs surgery; a doctor who performs operations on people or animals.

"The surgeon refused to operate because the patient was her son."

Illustration scalpel

scalpel noun

/ˈskælpəl/

A small straight knife with a very sharp blade used for surgery, dissection and craftwork.

"The surgeon carefully made the first incision with a sharp scalpel. "