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Proficiently

Definition: Proficiently

Proficiently

Adverb

1. In a proficient manner; "he dealt proficiently with the problem".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 


Modern Usage: Proficiently

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Tongue Twisters

Pick a partner and practice passing, for if you pass proficiently, perhaps you'll play professionally. (references; author: unknown)

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Commercial Usage: Proficiently

DomainTitle

Books

  • Coping With Neurologic Problems Proficiently (reference)

    (more book examples)

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Usage Frequency: Proficiently

"Proficiently" is generally used as an adverb (general) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Proficiently" is used about 4 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)
Parts of SpeechPercentUsage per
100 Million Words
Rank in English
Adverb (general)100%4175,879

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Modern Translation: Proficiently

Language Translations for "proficiently"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Arabic 

  

‏ببراعة (ably, adroitly, craftily, facilely, finesse, wittily, workmanly). (various references)

   

German

  

tüchtige. (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

oficientlypray

   

Portuguese

  

proficientemente. (various references)

   

Ukrainian

  

вправно (ably, aptly, craftily, neatly). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Rhyming with "Proficiently"

Words rhyming with "proficiently" (pronounced 'Pro*fi"cient*ly'): Abandonedly, Abasedly, Abashedly, Abhorrently, Abidingly, Abjectly, Abnormally, Abominably, Aboriginally, Abortively, Abruptly, Absently, Absolutely, Absorbedly, Abstinently, Abstractedly, Abstractively, Abstractly, Abstrusely, Absurdly, Abundantly, Abusively, Abysmally, Academically, Accentually, Acceptably, Acceptedly, Accessarily, Accessibly, Accessorily, Accidentally, Accommodately, Accordantly, Accordingly, Accountably, Accurately, Accusatively, Accusatorially, Accusingly, Accustomably, Accustomarily, Achromatically, Acidly, Acknowledgedly, Acoustically, Acquiescently, Acquisitively, Acridly, Acrimoniously, Acrocephaly. (additional references)

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Anagrams: Proficiently

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "c-e-f-i-i-l-n-o-p-r-t-y"

-2 letters: proficient.

-3 letters: inflicter, inflictor, prenotify, reliction.

-4 letters: cryolite, elicitor, entropic, epicotyl, felicity, felinity, ferocity, finitely, flection, flintier, friction, inceptor, infector, leprotic, leptonic, lipocyte, nitrolic, notifier, olefinic, pecorini, periotic, perlitic, petrolic, picoline, plectron, pointier, polyenic, pontific, princely, prolific, pyelitic, renotify, replicon, terpinol, typifier.

-5 letters: certify, cipolin, citrine, coinfer, cointer, conifer, cornily, crinite, elytron, encrypt, entopic.

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Usage: Modern
3. Usage: Commercial
4. Usage Frequency
5. Translations: Modern
6. Rhymes
7. Anagrams
8. Bibliography


  

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