adept
adjective/əˈdept/
/əˈdept/
- adept (at/in something) | adept (at/in doing something) good at doing something that is quite difficult synonym skilful
- He became adept at getting even the shyest students to talk.
Extra ExamplesTopics Personal qualitiesc2- She is equally adept in the pop and classical fields.
- He was extremely adept at avoiding getting caught.
- They soon became adept at bartering in the market.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverbs- be
- seem
- become
- …
- extremely
- fairly
- very
- …
- at
Word Originmid 17th cent.: from Latin adeptus ‘achieved’, past participle of adipisci ‘obtain, attain’.Want to learn more?
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