Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- In a proficient manner; with proficiency.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adverb In a proficient manner.
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- adverb In a
proficient manner.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adverb in a proficient manner
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Examples
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I could play it pretty quickly, though not proficiently, which is weird because it's an unforgiving, mean instrument.
Constructing a 'House of Lies' John Jurgensen 2011
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"proficiently" at their grade level in mathematics.
EducationNews.org 2010
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Almost one-fifth of Germany's 15-year-olds can't read proficiently, and just 29.8% of young adults have a higher-education degree, below the European Union average of 33.6%.
In Search of a New Course Vanessa Fuhrmans 2011
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The statistics are even more alarming for Black, Latino and poor white students -- more than 80 percent of these students failed to score proficiently on the reading test.
Earl Martin Phalen: The Campaign to Close the Achievement Gap Earl Martin Phalen 2011
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And if so, how can there be liberty for all our children when our public education system is condemning so many of them to failure—unable to read and do math proficiently at grade level in this globalizing competitive world?
Marian Wright Edelman: The Pledge Marian Wright Edelman 2011
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Marie-Antoinette and d'Artois both loved to act—she, like many aristocrats, could dance and play instruments proficiently.
At the Frick, Dreams of Ottoman Treasures Melik Kaylan 2011
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Two out of every three children (67 percent) cannot read proficiently, according to the 2009 National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) reading test.
Earl Martin Phalen: The Campaign to Close the Achievement Gap Earl Martin Phalen 2011
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Two out of every three children (67 percent) cannot read proficiently, according to the 2009 National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) reading test.
Earl Martin Phalen: The Campaign to Close the Achievement Gap Earl Martin Phalen 2011
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The statistics are even more alarming for Black, Latino and poor white students -- more than 80 percent of these students failed to score proficiently on the reading test.
Earl Martin Phalen: The Campaign to Close the Achievement Gap Earl Martin Phalen 2011
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She goes on to cite data from a Casey Foundation study finding that the low-income blacks were only marginally more likely to read proficiently by fourth grade in moderate to high-income schools (17%) vs. high poverty schools (10%).
Economic school integration: A response to Valerie Strauss and Jerry Weast Valerie Strauss 2010
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