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proficient

adjective

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Competent and skilled in a particular activity.

After a year of practice, she became proficient at reading musical notation.
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At the printmaking club's annual review, Anika arrived with a prodigious stack of drawings that nearly covered the long worktable. She was already proficient at preparing clean printing plates and could explain the routine steps to a newcomer.
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