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adroit
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Wuthering Heights
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- I approached her, pretending to desire a view of the garden; and, as I fancied, adroitly dropped Mrs. Dean's note on to her knee, unnoticed by Hareton — but she asked aloud, 'What is that?'†
p. 217.4adroitly = skillfully
Definitions:
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(1)
(adroit) skillful in action or thought
- (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)