Ability
Know how
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- understanding and ability
- understanding and know how
- technique and ability
- technique and know how
- skill and ability
- skill and know how
- capacity and ability
- capacity and know how
- deftness and ability
- deftness and know how
- dexterity and ability
- dexterity and know how
- adroitness and ability
- adroitness and know how
Both terms in one sentence
- Maeve gained the ability to lie and make her own choices against the nature of the Winter Lady, sure, but she didn't know how best to use that ability.
Source: Literature / Cold Days -
Quincies do possess a healing ability that works in a similar fashion to Shinigami kidou, but it's implied very few know how to do it, hence the reliance on Giselle's unsavoury method.
Source: Healing Hands - Any skill or ability that only a select few know how to/can use, from magic to martial arts to metallurgy techniques.
Source: Secret Art
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