proficiently

adverb

Definition of proficientlynext
as in masterfully
in a skillful or expert manner an administrator who can deal with the problems quickly and proficiently

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Recent Examples of proficiently Buzzard is in exceptional shape for his age, with teammate Max Thomas noticing his ability to keep up proficiently during team sprints. — Christian Babcock, Mercury News, 30 Aug. 2026 The initiative comes as only about 35% of APS third graders are reading proficiently. — Jamal Goss, CBS News, 4 Aug. 2026 Nunez has heard of other writers who proficiently multitask, setting down a partial manuscript while starting another, interspersing it all with stories and essays. — Literary Hub, 14 July 2026 What Argentina don’t do particularly proficiently, for all their strengths, is offer a serious threat on the counter-attack, punishing opponents for pushing forward. — Michael Cox, New York Times, 4 July 2026 The sharpest declines were in foundational skills, with 70% of fourth-graders—at least 2 million kids—unable to read proficiently, up from 66% in 2019, and 73% of eighth-graders failing at math proficiency, compared with 67% in 2019. — Tristan Bove, Fortune, 8 June 2026 These are the men and women who will steer the fate of Chicago Public Schools, helping to make decisions that affect whether CPS can get kids reading and writing proficiently and whether the district can stabilize its finances. — The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 4 June 2026 Reading outcomes also reflect these challenges; 61% of Broward third graders and 56% in Miami-Dade are reading at grade level, leaving more than 17,000 third graders across both counties not reading proficiently. — Sky Beard, Sun Sentinel, 2 June 2026 In recent years, these programs have been used to process a huge volume of data far more proficiently and efficiently than scientists can manage alone. — Quanta Magazine, 8 May 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for proficiently
  1. masterfully
  2. skillfully
  3. well
  4. capably
  5. competently
  6. neatly
  7. ably
  8. expertly
Adverb
  • Ahluwalia x Puma Blending the designer’s Indian-Nigerian culture with Puma’s legendary sportswear designs, this partnership masterfully resulted in a colorful, chic athleisure capsule.
    — Virginia Corneli, Footwear News, 23 Sep. 2026
  • The Soundcore Select 4 Go pairs an adventure-proof IP67 design with exceptional 20-hour battery life masterfully.
    — Juhi Wadia, PC Magazine, 10 Sep. 2026
Definition of masterfully
Adverb
  • Jay has always skillfully folded each turn into his larger mythology, going from drug dealer to rapper to label boss to executive with an air of inevitability, every choice subsumed into the glory of the hustle.
    — Hua Hsu, New Yorker, 21 Sep. 2026
  • These nine classics skillfully keep audiences guessing while depicting different kinds of waking nightmares, making the protagonists’ traumas our own for a few entertaining hours.
    — David Faris, TheWeek, 14 Sep. 2026
Definition of skillfully
Adverb
  • Thank you all for your outpouring of love, well wishes, and healing prayers.
    — Chris Willman, Variety, 12 Oct. 2026
  • The initiative comes at a moment when fashion exhibitions are attracting audiences well beyond the traditional museum crowd, Blanckaert said.
    — Rhonda Richford, Footwear News, 12 Oct. 2026
Definition of well
Adverb
  • The rest of the filmmaking, too, is content to coast at a lower difficulty setting, from the proficient but anonymously taupe lensing by master DP Robert Elswit to an untested ensemble of ever-watchable actors playing capably to type.
    — Guy Lodge, Variety, 8 Oct. 2026
  • And there was also a favorable response on Saturday to Amazon/MGM’s Your Mother Your Mother Your Mother, an action-thriller led capably by Mahershala Ali.
    — Scott Feinberg, HollywoodReporter, 20 Sep. 2026
Definition of capably
Adverb
  • But their ability to competently run a city, connecting directly with local needs, often sets them up for national politics.
    — Ishaan Tharoor, New Yorker, 30 Sep. 2026
  • Nor does Moshe appear a natural action director, as the setpieces here are just competently staged rather than harrowing, and overall tension goes slack on occasion.
    — Dennis Harvey, Variety, 10 Sep. 2026
Definition of competently
Adverb
  • What makes the guest list truly striking is its refusal to stay neatly within the lines of traditional fashion.
    — Arthur Zaczkiewicz, Footwear News, 13 Oct. 2026
  • Although System of a Down is often grouped with the nu metal bands that dominated heavy music at the time, including Korn and Limp Bizkit, Malakian never saw the band as fitting neatly into any genre.
    — Alex Distefano, Los Angeles Times, 12 Oct. 2026
Definition of neatly
Adverb
  • Still The Hairy Ape is, in one sense, a long, furious solo — a man pounding his head against a piano while accompanied by the orchestra — and Beavers ably carries its weight through to the finale.
    — Sara Holdren, Vulture, 5 Oct. 2026
  • Zeller sets this up ably by incorporating the sledgehammer blows of the builder hired by Toby into percussive passages of Volker Bertelmann’s ominous score.
    — David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 8 Sep. 2026
Definition of ably
Adverb
  • Kelela expertly navigated this conversation while promoting her immersive New Avatar, which surveys indie rock, shoegaze and grunge from an R&B vantage point.
    — Kyle Denis, Billboard, 12 Oct. 2026
  • Setting the shifting moods expertly is Michael Giacchino’s score that nicely avoids the clichés of the genre(s) while still honoring them.
    — Pete Hammond, Deadline, 10 Oct. 2026
Definition of expertly

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“Proficiently.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/proficiently. Accessed 14 Oct. 2026.

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