expertlyadv.
/ˈɛkspəːtli/, /ɛkˈspəːtli/, U.S. /ˈɛkˌspərtli/ In an expert manner.† a. As one who has had experience; by actual experiment.† b. As one who has been proved or tried.
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the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > knowledge, what is known > experience > [adverb]
expertlyc1420
feelinglyc1450
experimentally1593
on (also upon) the pulse1818
ambulando1876
c1420 Pallad. on Husb. vii. 110 Unbynde it thenne, and there expertly se How oon tree is in til an other ronne.
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1577 Vicary's Profitable Treat. Anat. To his Brethren sig. ¶.viii Not for them that be expertly seene in the Anatomie.
1652 J. Gaule Πυς-μαντια 114 Their..counselling..that an Astrologer be a man both expertly Ethicall, and Physicall?
c. Skilfully.
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the world > action or operation > ability > skill or skilfulness > [adverb] > expertly or proficiently
welleOE
pertly1640
expertly1798
proficiently1824
1798 M. Edgeworth & R. L. Edgeworth Pract. Educ. I. xii. 359 Children may answer expertly to the questions, ‘What is attention? What is memory?’
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