Adroit
Adroit ({not transcribed}) , adjective
[French adroit; à (Latin ad) = droit straight, right, from Latin directus, past participle of dirigere. See Direct.]
Dexterous in the use of the hands or in the exercise of the mental faculties; exhibiting skill and readiness in avoiding danger or escaping difficulty; ready in invention or execution; -- applied to persons and to acts; as, an adroit mechanic, an adroit reply.
Adroit in the application of the telescope and quadrant.
He was adroit in intrigue.