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adeptly

adeptly adverb: with great skill or knowledge.

Adverb

adeptly (comparative more adeptly, superlative most adeptly)

  1. With great skill or knowledge.
    • He navigated the course adeptly, having trained on it for months ahead of time.

Forms of adeptly

comparativemore adeptly
superlativemost adeptly

Origin of adeptly

From adept + -ly.

Questions about adeptly

What does adeptly mean?
Adeptly means with great skill or knowledge.
What part of speech is adeptly?
Adeptly is an adverb.

Words near adeptly in the dictionary

  1. adepter
  2. adeptest
  3. adeption
  4. adeptist
  5. adeptists
  6. adeptly
  7. adeptness
  8. adeptnesses
  9. adepts
  10. adeptship
  11. adeptships

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