He dealt proficiently with the problem. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
Adjective : a proficient swimmer. From Dictionary.com.
"proficiently" at their grade level in mathematics. From Wordnik.com. [EducationNews.org] Reference
"Nearly 88 percent of third graders read proficiently.". From Wordnik.com. [Models for D.C. schools? Try next door, in Arlington, Fairfax and Montgomery.] Reference
How many of our leaders can read a compass proficiently?. From Wordnik.com. [What is Wrong?] Reference
“Nearly 88 percent of third graders read proficiently.”. From Wordnik.com. [What D.C. schools could learn from the suburbs] Reference
Palin delivered that speech proficiently, maybe even expertly. From Wordnik.com. [The Rudy-and-Sarah Act Goes Down a Storm, But Now the Show's Over] Reference
They climb trees proficiently through use of their strong claws. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2008-05-01] Reference
Sulu was trained quite proficiently in fencing and combat training. From Wordnik.com. [The /Filmcast Reviews Star Trek with Rian Johnson, Director of Brick and The Brothers Bloom (/Filmcast Ep. 50) | /Film] Reference
MULLEN: We didn ` t know how to play and we don ` t play proficiently. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript May 30, 2005] Reference
Parents should understand why it's important to read proficiently. From Wordnik.com. [Larry Ferlazzo: Private Foundations Have A Place (And Have To Be Kept In Their Place)] Reference
In latter years, he and three other Negroes were working very proficiently. From Wordnik.com. [Oral History Interview with Lillian Taylor Lyons, September 11, 1994. Interview Q-0094. Southern Oral History Program Collection (#4007)] Reference
You wield it as proficiently and effectively as your wife wields that baseball bat. From Wordnik.com. [Meanwhile, In Ohio… « Whatever] Reference
First, most officers shoot more proficiently with semiauto pistols than with revolvers. From Wordnik.com. [Spray and Pray: Why cops should go back to carrying revolvers] Reference
We learned the other day that 65% of America's twelfth graders can't read proficiently. From Wordnik.com. [From On High] Reference
It is a tactic proficiently employed to further immerse readers in each character's struggle. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2009-02-01] Reference
If our soldiers can't read their orders proficiently enough, might they do something improper?. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2008-04-01] Reference
They had everything laid out so proficiently, it was no wonder we were winning in the ground game. From Wordnik.com. [Gail Turner Brown: Campaign Journal: Turning The Dial To CNN And MSNBC] Reference
Portrait Project 2010 finds that in D.C., just 17 percent of fourth-graders can read proficiently. From Wordnik.com. [Nicola Goren: New Report Highlights Barriers to Economic Security for Low-Income Women & Their Families] Reference
Mr. Boylan, your western skepticism is why I majored in Chinese language and speak it proficiently. From Wordnik.com. [Cheeseburger Gothic » Burger Lite 12 March] Reference
Remember that dreadful day of a disputed election credited to stoking anti-gay prejudice proficiently. From Wordnik.com. [John Wellington Ennis: OMG! Rick Warren! BFD!] Reference
He continued to catch proficiently, though, and the Cubs saw enough to remain convinced that he'll hit. From Wordnik.com. [USATODAY.com - Great draft replenishes lower-level clubs] Reference
Who is paying for the teachers and for the principals, or whomever, to learn a language more proficiently?. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Aug 27, 2005] Reference
At Stanton Elementary in Southeast, where 100 percent of the students are black, 13 percent read proficiently. From Wordnik.com. [D.C. mayor offers most explicit criticism of IMPACT teacher evaluation system] Reference
But then he began to notice a troubling trend: in Florida, about 70 percent of fourth graders read proficiently. From Wordnik.com. [The New First Grade: Too Much Too Soon] Reference
NEGROPONTE: And then once it's open, a child takes about two minutes to really start using it very proficiently. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Nov 14, 2007] Reference
When children make it to 4th grade without learning to read proficiently, they are being put on a dropout track. From Wordnik.com. [John Merrow: From Dropout Nation to Graduation Nation?] Reference
NEGROPONTE: And then, once it's open, a child takes about two minutes to really start using it very proficiently. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Nov 17, 2007] Reference
Perry gets his moment in the spotlight, proficiently singing lead on Stop Messin 'Around, but Tyler has the magnetism. From Wordnik.com. [Aerosmith] Reference
This involves giving them a solid academic base by preparing students to read proficiently by the end of the third grade. From Wordnik.com. [Gordon Campbell: Reading and the Third Grade: How to Keep our Kids on the Right Track] Reference
D.-an Alzheimer researcher-said that by solving puzzles or do brainteasers activity helps the neutrons work proficiently. From Wordnik.com. [Improve Your Brain Power | Impact Lab] Reference
And that's a federal law that was signed in 2002, and the idea was to get all children reading proficiently by third grade. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Sep 6, 2006] Reference
I liked the informal approach of Cuomo's PowerPoint presentation in principle, although it was not particularly proficiently executed. From Wordnik.com. [Henry J. Stern: The Governor's Speech] Reference
Then he proficiently headed in his third after a fine cross from the impressive exceptional (filling the boots of Cristiano) Luis Nani. From Wordnik.com. [Ferdinand and company punches Fagan and company] Reference
How would she know whether someone she was interviewing had those legal skills that enabled them to perform proficiently at the department?. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript May 24, 2007] Reference
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