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Definition of Adeptness
1. Noun. Skillful performance or ability without difficulty. "He was famous for his facility as an archer"
Generic synonyms: Skillfulness
Specialized synonyms: Touch, Dexterity, Manual Dexterity, Sleight
Derivative terms: Adept, Adroit, Deft, Facile, Quick
Definition of Adeptness
1. n. The quality of being adept; skill.
Definition of Adeptness
1. Noun. The quality of being adept. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Adeptness
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Adeptness
Literary usage of Adeptness
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Proceedings of the National Conference of Charities and Correction, at the by National Conference of Charities and Correction (U.S.). Session (1908)
"When these young masters of the game play it, mental adeptness counts as much as
brawn, arid in the ultimate turns the scale; adeptness plus technique. ..."
2. The Individual Delinquent: A Text-book of Diagnosis and Prognosis for All by William Healy (1915)
"As before noted, it is a common expression by the laity, heard frequently in
court work, that those individuals who show cunning and adeptness cannot be so ..."
3. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1901)
"The adeptness of the experienced hunter, who finds the tracks of his game where
the eye of a European would not see the faintest indication, is an instance ..."
4. Popular Science Monthly (1914)
"They had already, from their friction with other tribes, developed some adeptness
in raiding and thieving, and in a sort of guerilla warfare. ..."
5. Adolescence: Its Psychology and Its Relations to Physiology, Anthropology by Granville Stanley Hall (1904)
"... suggests progressive stages of adeptness. " The Eternal Gospel," which described
a third religious state to succeed the gospel as the definite law of ..."
6. The Life and Times of Frederick Douglass: From 1817-1882 by Frederick Douglass, John Lobb (1882)
"... carefully selected, not only with a view to their capacity and adeptness, but
with especial regard to their personal appearance, their graceful agility, ..."
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