practiced

or prac·tised

[ prak-tist ]

adjective

1. skilled or expert; proficient through practice or experience:

   a practiced hand at politics.

2. acquired or perfected through practice:

   a practiced English accent.

Other Words From

• non·practiced adjective
• well-practiced adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of practiced¹

First recorded in 1560–70; practice + -ed ²

Example Sentences

I think the model of practiced expertise being the only way that teaching is exciting is false.

From Freakonomics

To put it rather uncharitably, the USPHS practiced a major dental experiment on a city full of unconsenting subjects.

From The Daily Beast

In one of the activities men practiced putting the dolls gingerly on their backs to carry them.

From The Daily Beast

Democrats need to respond aggressively to the crony capitalism practiced by many Republicans, particularly regarding Wall Street.

From The Daily Beast

A secular police state well practiced in suppressing internal challenges.

From The Daily Beast

They practiced ceremonial cannibalism, believing the hearts of their victims would imbue them with power.

From The Daily Beast

I rushed home and practiced till ten, and then I got up early the next morning and practiced a few hours.

From Project Gutenberg

She sometimes liked to sit in the room of mornings when Madame Ratignolle played or practiced.

From Project Gutenberg

Frulein Steiniger says that she also practiced slowly all the time for six months, as I am now doing.

From Project Gutenberg

I have been admonished and instructed by the systematic economy which is practiced even in great houses.

From Project Gutenberg

William Read died; originally a cobbler, became a mountebank, and practiced medicine by the light of nature!

From Project Gutenberg

Related Words

• adept
• proficient
• skilled