proficiently

[pruh-fish-uhnt-lee]

adverb

1. skillfully or competently.

   This position requires the ability to work proficiently with word-processing and spreadsheet applications.

Other Word Forms

• overproficiently adverb

Word History and Origins

Origin of proficiently¹

First recorded in 1800–10; proficient ( def. ) + -ly ( def. )

Example Sentences

Mississippi improved performance by restricting schools from advancing third-graders who couldn’t read proficiently and by providing summer-school classes for those in need of it.

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Studies have found that students who are chronically absent in kindergarten are less likely to read and count proficiently by the end of third grade, and the declines are particularly acute among English-language learners.

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They proficiently highlight the grim humor in so many of Agnes’ conversations, understanding that moving through the world, asking for a little bit of compassion, is hilariously mortifying, even if it shouldn’t be.

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In a review for The Times, Carlos Aguilar wrote the film was “less vibrant and proficiently pleasant” and suggested viewers “revisit the superior hand-drawn version.”

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Children must be able to swim proficiently over a distance of 25 metres, perform a range of strokes effectively, and perform safe self-rescue in the water.

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