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Someone who is adroit is skillful and clever, especially in thought, behavior, or action.
When a person is ambidextrous, they can use their left or right hand with equal skill.
Something that is apposite is relevant or suitable to what is happening or being discussed.
If someone is competent in a job, they are able and skilled enough to do it well.
A condign reward or punishment is deserved by and appropriate or fitting for the person who receives it.
A connoisseur is an appreciative, informed, and knowledgeable judge of the fine arts; they can also just have excellent or perceptive taste in the fine arts without being an expert.
If someone shows consummate skill at doing something, that person’s skill is very great or almost perfect in every way.
A deft movement or action is made quickly and with skill.
Efficacy is the ability or power to produce an expected effect or result.
Something esoteric is known about or understood by very few people.
Flair can either refer to a natural talent that you possess or the ability you have to make the most of your personal style.
A fruitless effort at doing something does not bring about a successful result.
A futile attempt at doing something is hopeless and pointless because it simply cannot be accomplished.
A gauche person behaves in an awkward and unsuitable way in public because they lack social skills.
Someone who is ineffectual at a task is useless or ineffective when attempting to do it.
Someone who is inept is unable or unsuitable to do a job; hence, they are unfit for it.
Ingenuity in solving a problem uses creativity, intelligence, and cleverness.
Someone is obtuse when they are slow to understand things; someone can choose to be obtuse when they deliberately do not try to figure things out.
If you do something with panache, you do it in a way that shows great skill, style, and confidence.
To be politic in a decision is to be socially wise and diplomatic.
A polyglot is someone who can speak or understand many languages.
A polymath is a person who knows a great deal about many different subjects.
If you have prowess, you possess considerable skill or ability in something.
A savant is a person who knows a lot about a subject, either via a lifetime of learning or by considerable natural ability.
A seasoned professional has a great deal of experience in what they do.
To act in an uncouth manner is to be awkward and unmannerly.
Someone who is ungainly is clumsy or awkward; something ungainly can be difficult to use, primarily because of its size or weight.
If someone is unlettered, they are illiterate, unable to read and write.
Something that is vacuous is empty or blank, such as a mind or stare.
A virtuoso is someone who is very skillful at something, especially playing a musical instrument.
If you waver, you cannot decide between two things because you have serious doubts about which choice is better.
A yokel is uneducated, naive, and unsophisticated; they do not know much about modern life or ideas because they sequester themselves in a rural setting.
Adj.
adept
uh-DEPT
Context
An adept juggler, Byron could balance any number of oddly shaped objects in the air. His adept skill left circus audiences amazed at the speed and nimbleness with which he tossed brightly colored balls, flaming torches, and exotic fruit in swirling patterns. An adept of the stage, he often accompanied his talented show with one-act plays. Audiences left every night amazed at such adept, excellent performances.
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What does it mean when someone is adept at something?
A Skillful Department? We would not all agree that a government department is particularly adept at what it's supposed to do.
Examples
"The financial community is becoming increasingly adept at spotting and reporting suspicious activities that may indicate mortgage fraud," James Freis, FinCen’s director, said in a statement.
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Los Angeles Times
To help quantify which coaches have proven most adept in the tournament, we will look at each coach’s wins above expectations, adjusted for seeding.
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The Washington Post
"Women, on the other hand, may be better physically and socially adept at living with chronic and often disabling conditions," wrote lead author Dr. Dellara Terry and her colleagues. Rosa McGee is one of the healthy women in the study who managed to avoid chronic disease. Now 104, the retired cook and seamstress is also strikingly lucid.
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USA Today
In developed countries, there were two main reasons why capital controls were lifted: free markets became more fashionable and financiers became adept at finding ways around the controls.
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The Economist
If someone if adept at a skill, she is “suitable” or “fit” “towards” it.
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Related Words
adroit ·
ambidextrous ·
apposite ·
competent ·
condign ·
connoisseur ·
consummate ·
deft ·
efficacy ·
esoteric ·
flair+ ·
ingenuity+ ·
panache ·
politic ·
polyglot ·
polymath ·
prowess+ ·
savant ·
seasoned+ ·
virtuoso ·
fruitless+ ·
futile+ ·
gauche ·
ineffectual+ ·
inept+ ·
obtuse ·
uncouth ·
ungainly ·
unlettered ·
vacuous ·
waver ·
yokel ·
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Word Variants
adept
n
→
a person skilled in a certain area; expert
inept
adj
→
unskilled; untalented
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