adeptness
[ uh-dept-nis ]
/ əˈdɛpt nɪs /
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noun
the quality or fact of being highly skilled or expert at something; proficiency: Thanks to the teacher’s adeptness at explaining the intricacies of calculus, her students quickly grasped even the more arcane concepts.
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“Was” is used for the indicative past tense of “to be,” and “were” is only used for the subjunctive past tense.
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