well-versed
adjective
variants
or well versed
: having knowledge gained by close association, study, or experience : versed
—usually used with in
She is well-versed in the classics.
His star would continue to rise in the blues world, where he became known as an inventive, fiery guitar player well-versed in various shades of the blues.—
Eric Volmers
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Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 22 July 2025
Hitting the studio with an iconic group requires being authentic to the original sound, but Nowell is well-versed in the music.
—Devin Robertson, MSNBC Newsweek, 18 July 2025
Ruffalo, who has been a staple in the MCU for more than a decade, is well-versed in working with motion capture technology for the superhero films.
—Samantha Bergeson, IndieWire, 10 July 2025
If anything, some of those accounts only further bolster the hypothesis that the emperor was well-versed in botany.
—Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 10 July 2025
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“Well-versed.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/well-versed. Accessed 29 Jul. 2025.
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