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proficiently

proficiently adverb: in a proficient manner.

Adverb

proficiently (comparative more proficiently, superlative most proficiently)

  1. In a proficient manner.
    • The rudimentally trained drummer can apply himself to any musical unit—band, orchestra or drum corps—more proficiently than can the drummer trained only for one branch of drumming.1936, William Frederick Ludwig, Drum Technique in the Band and Orchestra, Monroe, NC: Ludwig & Ludwig, page 3
    • Those brought into use again were several forms of lutes, violins, and bagpipes, which were played upon proficiently by the "jongleurs," some of whom played also upon psalteries, organistrums, guitars, and tambours with great skill.1912, Frederick Converse Beach, The Americana

proficiently meaning in Bengali

proficiently in Bengali

দক্ষ ভাবে

Examples of proficiently in a sentence

  • To operate the keyboard proficiently it is necessary to use a 'touch' system, that is, to use the fingers without looking at them or without moving them away from the keybuttons.1964, Linotype & Machinery Limited, The Linotype Manual, page 41:
  • The elfin bodyguard stared for a moment with those cool eyes through the silver tinted razorbladed glasses before proficiently shifting his right hand toward the earphone comm.2003, J. R. Urie, Assassin's Vendetta, page 14:

Forms of proficiently

comparativemore proficiently
superlativemost proficiently

Origin of proficiently

From proficient + -ly.

Questions about proficiently

What does proficiently mean?
Proficiently means in a proficient manner.
What is proficiently in Bengali?
Proficiently in Bengali is দক্ষ ভাবে. See Proficiently meaning in Bengali.
How do you use proficiently in a sentence?
To operate the keyboard proficiently it is necessary to use a 'touch' system, that is, to use the fingers without looking at them or without moving them away from the keybuttons.
What part of speech is proficiently?
Proficiently is an adverb.

Words near proficiently in the dictionary

  1. proficiencies
  2. proficiency
  3. proficiency badge
  4. proficiency badges
  5. proficient
  6. proficiently
  7. proficientness
  8. proficients
  9. profics
  10. proficuous
  11. proficuously

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Adapted from Wiktionary: proficiently (page history and authors); proficiently (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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