adeptly

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adverb

With great skill or knowledge.

“He navigated the course adeptly, having trained on it for months ahead of time.”

OriginProto-Germanic *līką ← Proto-Indo-European *leyg- ← English adept →
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Meanings

adverbadeptly (comparative more adeptly, superlative most 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.

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₂éd
  2. Proto-Italic*ad
  3. Proto-Italic*ad-
  4. Latinad-
  5. Proto-Indo-European[Term?]
  6. Proto-Italic*apjō
  7. Latinapiō
  8. Latinapīscor
  9. Latinadipīscor
  10. Latinadeptu
  11. Frenchadepte
  12. Englishadept
  13. Proto-Indo-European*leyg-
  14. Proto-Germanic*līką
  15. Englishadeptly

From adept + -ly.

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Translations

Chinese Mandarin 熟練地 /熟练地
  • 熟練地 /熟练地 (shúliàn de)with great skill or knowledge
Esperanto adepte
  • adeptewith great skill or knowledge
Finnish pätevästi, taitavasti
  • pätevästiwith great skill or knowledge
  • taitavastiwith great skill or knowledge
French habilement, dextrement
  • habilementwith great skill or knowledge
  • dextrementwith great skill or knowledge
Cite this entry
APA

adeptly. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/adeptly

MLA

“adeptly.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/adeptly. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “adeptly,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/adeptly.

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