adroit

• The old sinner nodded like a mandarin who knew what he was about, and, rising as soon as the adroit whisperer had finished, took me by the hand, and in a loud voice, presented me to the people as his "_beloved son_!" —  Captain Canot or, Twenty Years of an African Slaver
• It was very adroit, too, very ably argued, and the moral appeal was delicate and touching, put with an eloquence at once direct and arresting. —  Donovan Pasha, and Some People of Egypt — Complete
• The rhetoric of abuse was vigorous and unrestrained; the campaign lie active and ingenious; the arraignment of class against class sedulous and adroit, and the excitement most violent and memorable. —  A Political History of the State of New York, Volumes 1-3
• But just now Nicholas, his political backer, a recent comer from Virginia, who had served with him in Congress, was no match for the adroit Burt, whose shrewd management in the interest of Aaron Burr had recently sent Theodorus Bailey to the United States Senate over John Woodworth. —  A Political History of the State of New York, Volumes 1-3
• His adroit, mysterious movements recalled the methods but not the conceit of Aaron Burr. —  A Political History of the State of New York, Volumes 1-3

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