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adept

adjective
 
 
/əˈdept/

Definition

having a natural ability to do something that needs skill: She's very adept at dealing with the media. Tamsin Palmer gave a technically adept performance on the piano.Skilled, talented and able adeptly
 
 
/-li/ adverb
Skilled, talented and able
(Definition of adept adjective from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

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