noun
- A person with special knowledge or ability who performs skillfully.
adjective
- Having or showing knowledge and skill and aptitude.
- usage: "adept in handicrafts"; "an adept juggler"; "an expert job"; "a good mechanic"; "a practiced marksman"; "a proficient engineer"; "a lesser-known but no less skillful composer"; "the effect was achieved by skillful retouching"
- Of or relating to or requiring special knowledge to be understood.
- usage: "technical terminology"; "a technical report"; "technical language"
- synonyms: technical
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