adrogation (adrogashon)

ation (ad-r tio ( n- ), later arrogatio ( n- ), put to the parties. Also written arrogation. adrogator (ad'ro-ga-tor), n. [L., You may break every command of the decalogue with Lowell, Study Windows, p. 68. perfect good-breeding: nay, if you are adroit, without losing caste. =Syn. Cunning, Artful, Sly, etc. See cunning1, Adroit, Dexterous, Expert, Skilful, Clever, smart, handy, apt, quick, subtle. The first four words expre primarily various degrees in the combination of manual facility with knowledge. Adroit and dexterous make prominent the idea of a trained hand: as, an adroit pickpocket; a dexterous con jurer, swordsman. Adroitne implies quickne or sud denne ; dexterity may require sustained Adroit tends toward sinister figurative meanings: as, an adroit rogue; but mental adroitne may be simply addre or tact. Expert emphasizes experience, practice, and hence is commonly a lower word than skilful, which makes knowledge the principal thing: a skilful mechanic makes more use of his mind than an expert mechanic. Clever implies notable quickne , readine , resource in practical affairs, and sometimes the lack of the larger powers of mind: a clever mechanic has fertility in planning and skill in executing what is planned. A clever statesman may or may not be an able one; a man may be clever in evil. Why, says Plato, if he be manually so adroit, likely he will turn pickpocket. S. Lanier, The Eng. Novel, p. 117. The dexterous management of terms, and being able to fend and prove with them, pa es for a great part of learningd Locke . His only books were an almanac and an arithmetic, in which last he was considerably expert. Thoreau, Walden, p. 161. Thus, like a skilful che -player, by little and little he draws out his men, and makes his pawns of use to his greater persons. Dryden , Dram. Poesy. But the names of the clever men who invented canoes and bows and arrows are as utterly unknown to tradition as the names of the earliest myth-makers. J. Fiske , Evolutionist, p. 204. adroitly (a-droit'li), adv . In an adroit manner; with dexterity; readily; skilfully. He [Eadmund) turned his new conquest adroitly to account by using it to bind to himself the most dangerous among his foes. J. R. Green , Conq. of Eng., p. 266. adroitne (a-droit'nes), n . The quality of being adroit; dexterity; readine in the use of the hands or of the mental faculties. Sir John Blaquire had some debating power and great skill and adroitne in managing men. Lecky, Eng. in 18th Cent., xvi.