adeptness
- n skillful performance or ability without difficulty
his quick adeptness was a product of good design
- In Joe Valachi's case, appearances are deceptive; gourmet skills plainly take second place to adeptness as an all-round hood.
- The study suggests deception may be a component of social adeptness.
- In Buchman's study, which looked at 906 seniors, average age 80, in northeastern Illinois over a five-year period, increased social activity was associated with adeptness in a .