Definition of "habile" [hab•ile]

• Generally able or adroit; handy. (adjective)

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• "The clocher at Senlis is more "habile"; it shows an effort to be clever, and offers a standard of comparison; but the mediaeval architects seem to have thought that none of them bore rivalry with Laon for technical skill."
• "Mais un habile homme sait tirer parti de tout, and everybody is good for something."
• "Cet homme, habile dans les affaires, et employ� comme tel par Charlemagne, avoit 閠� en 811 envoy� par lui en ambassade � Constantinople."