Able
Able adjective - Having the required skills for an acceptable level of performance.
Proficiently and able are semantically related. In some cases you can replace term "Proficiently" with "Able", this adjectives are similar.
Nearby Word: ability
Proficiently
Proficiently adverb - In a skillful or expert manner.
Able and proficiently are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Able" instead an adjective "Proficiently".
Nearby Words: proficient, proficiency
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- good and able
- good and proficiently
- consummate and able
- consummate and proficiently
- accomplished and able
- accomplished and proficiently
- cunning and able
- cunning and proficiently
- skillful and able
- skillful and proficiently
- skilful and able
- skilful and proficiently
- practiced and able
- practiced and proficiently
Both words in one sentence
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As in the first film, non-speaking apes use American Sign Language, and do so proficiently enough that ASL-speaking audience members have been able to interpret what they say (sign).
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