adroit
adjectiveSkillful and effective, especially in a difficult situation.
Skillful in action or thought
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Clear all filtersSkillful and effective, especially in a difficult situation.
Skillful in action or thought
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Having considerable wealth or financial resources.
Having considerable wealth
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To assign a share of a resource to a particular purpose.
The assignment or distribution of resources for particular people or purposes.
Something that came earlier and helped shape a later event or development.
Earlier event or development
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Skillful and clever, sometimes in a deceptive or manipulative way.
Skillfully devised
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To regard something as caused by, belonging to, or created by a particular source.
The act of attributing a quality, cause, or responsibility to a particular source.
The distance between what someone hopes to attain and their present resources or circumstances.
Distance between hopes and circumstances
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To regard something as caused by or belonging to someone or something.
The assignment of a work, action, cause, or quality to a particular source.
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