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Jadarite Posted 18 years ago
Grammar
Adept
0 Dictionaries have "skillful", but as a native English speaker I feel something is missing from this definition. Am I way off in thinking of the word "alert"? Adept seems to have a sense of quickness to it, like being able to grasp things fast. That is why I think of alert. 0-
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0 I agree. Adept can have the connotation of agility or alertness. 02 br
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00 This probably comes from the kind of things one is described as adept at. 02 br
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00 "He was an adept swordsman." 02 br
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00 "She was an adept soccer player." 0-
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00 This probably comes from the kind of things one is described as adept at. 02 br
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00 "He was an adept swordsman." 02 br
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00 "She was an adept soccer player." 0-
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