Definition of Expertness

1. Noun. Skillfulness by virtue of possessing special knowledge.

Exact synonyms: Expertise
Generic synonyms: Skillfulness
Specialized synonyms: Professionalism, Sophistication
Derivative terms: Expert, Expert

Definition of Expertness

1. n. Skill derived from practice; readiness; as, expertness in seamanship, or in reasoning.

Definition of Expertness

1. Noun. The state of being expert; skill or proficiency ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Expertness

1. [n -ES]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Expertness

expert systems
expert testimony
expert witness
experted
expertest
experting
expertise
expertises
expertism
expertisms
expertize
expertized
expertizes
expertizing
expertly
expertness (current term)
expertnesses
experts
expetible
expiable
expiate
expiated
expiates
expiating
expiations
expiative
expiator
expiatorious
expiators

Literary usage of Expertness

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. School Management: Including a Full Discussion of School Economy, School by Albert Newton Raub (1898)
"expertness is also an end of study. Knowledge which we cannot apply is of ... The expertness spoken of here ia not that efficiency which one acquires in ..."

2. Our Wild Indians: Thirty-three Years Personal Experience Among the Red Men by Richard Irving Dodge (1882)
"TRAILING—INDIAN expertness IN READING "SIGN" THE WONDERFUL CAREER OF PEDRO ESPINOSA. A Savage Art — Expert Trailers — Frontiersmen and Indians — An ..."

3. Diary of the American Revolution: From Newspapers and Original Documents by Frank Moore (1860)
"The captain's expertness and agility, in particular, in these experiments astonished every beholder. This morning they will set out on their mareh for ..."

4. Old highways in China by Isabelle Williamson (1884)
"The town of Sa Hoh—The centre of the great straw-braid district— The producers: their diligence and expertness—A Chinese funeral—Preparations made at night, ..."

5. Self-cultivation in English by George Herbert Palmer (1897)
"It is as certain .as anything can be that faithful endeavor will bring expertness in the use of English^îf we are watchful of our speech, ..."

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