adjective
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
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Housing activists argue the agency could sell more houses if it were more adept at reaching its target market.
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Not only do girls generally do better with language, reading, and writing; they are also socially more adept .
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There was no one more adept at tracing and rescuing sheep trapped in snow drifts.
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Slowly, the teacher enables the student to become more adept at putting forth effort for longer periods of time.
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The aids had to be given positively and as Katharine became more adept , Benji performed the changes more smoothly.
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Among his peers, only Jack Benny was more adept at milking a laugh than Groucho.
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He was also more adept at using his rhetorical skills in the service of theology and asceticism.
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Dole has been more adept at seizing photo opportunities in his out-of-town forays.
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Because the Falcons are so adept at sacking quarterbacks, Young is not taking this 1-5 team lightly.
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A man so adept at this useless activity that he dueled empty-handed against swordsmen.
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But James Foley, usually so adept at ensemble direction, often leaves acting novice Barone looking awkward and stranded.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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McCrea was equally adept in comedy and drama.
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Of all our staff, Peter is the most adept at dealing with difficult customers.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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At the same time, he became adept at nurturing his image as a tormented rebel in touch with primal truths.
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Dole has been more adept at seizing photo opportunities in his out-of-town forays.
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Jim Keith was particularly adept at this, and everybody sought his advice.
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Many are highly adept at adding up their calorie intake.
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Slowly, the teacher enables the student to become more adept at putting forth effort for longer periods of time.