adeptness

American  

[uh-dept-nis] / əˈdɛpt nɪs /

noun

1. 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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Other Word Forms

• nonadeptness
  noun
• unadeptness
  noun

Etymology

Origin of adeptness

adept ( def. ) + -ness ( def. )

Example Sentences

A crafty player, Muchova has been compared to Justine Henin and Roger Federer for her adeptness around the court.

From BBC • Sep. 5, 2024

But DiCaprio, Hounsou and Jennifer Connelly, another co-star, are acting up a storm, and Zwick shows his usual adeptness at staging big action sequences.

From New York Times • Dec. 1, 2022

When he swerves to put mortality front and center again at the end, however, it’s a frank reminder that narrative adeptness and sentimentality aren’t strong suits, either.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 13, 2022

In addition to their pointed ears, long, ringed tails, and faces with so-called teardrop streaks, striped faces and ringed tails, one trait that characterizes red pandas is their reported adeptness at escape.

From Washington Post • Jul. 4, 2022

Jill Campbell, of State College Area High School, says she had been impressed by the Truman cast’s adeptness at listening to one another.

From "Drama High" by Michael Sokolove