mark I-like-to-use-it-as-a-figure-of-speech Baileya·droit (-droit)
adj.
1. Dexterous; deft.
2. Skillful and adept under pressing conditions. See Synonyms at dexterous.
[French, from à droit : à, to (from Latin ad; see ad-) + droit, right (from Latin drctus; see direct).]
a·droitly adv.
a·droitness n.
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Dr. Goodword will probably use this and credit it to Lynn Laborial. [?]
