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expertness|ˈɛkspɜːtnɪs, ɛkˈspɜːtnɪs|
[f. as prec. + -ness.]
The quality or condition of being expert. †a. Experience, thorough knowledge. Const. of.
1659B. Harris Parival's Iron Age 302 Their enemies expertnesse of the Countrie troubling their marches.
b. Skill derived from practice; readiness, dexterity. Const. in.
1601Shakes. All's Well iv. iii. 202 You shall demaund..what his valour, honestie, and expertnesse in warres. 1682Norris Hierocles 17 Great knowledge and expertness in the laws of God. 1797T. Bewick Brit. Birds (1847) I. 286 From it's expertness in cracking them [it] has obtained it's name [nuthatch]. a1859Macaulay Hist. Eng. V. 84 Portland, with..great expertness in business, was no scholar. 1884Seeley in Contemp. Rev. Nov. 656 He might pass for a prodigy of literary expertness. |