practiced

Adjective

Synonyms: adept expert good proficient skillful skilful practised

WordNet 3.0

Adjective (2)

having or showing knowledge and skill and aptitude“adept in handicrafts”“an adept juggler”“an expert job”“a good mechanic”“a practiced marksman”“a proficient engineer”“a lesser-known but no less skillful composer”“the effect was achieved by skillful retouching”Synonyms: adept expert good proficient skillful skilful
skillful after much practiceSynonyms: practised

Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

Practice \Prac"tice\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Practiced; p. pr. & vb. n. Practicing.] [Often written practise, practised, practising.]

1.To do or perform frequently, customarily, or habitually; to make a practice of; as, to practice gaming. "Incline not my heart . . . practice wicked works." --Ps. cxli. 4. [1913 Webster]

2.To exercise, or follow, as a profession, trade, art, etc., as, to practice law or medicine. [1913 Webster]

2.To exercise one's self in, for instruction or improvement, or to acquire discipline or dexterity; as, to practice gunnery; to practice music. [1913 Webster]

4.To put into practice; to carry out; to act upon; to commit; to execute; to do. "Aught but Talbot's shadow whereon to practice your severity." --Shak. [1913 Webster]

As this advice ye practice or neglect.— Pope.[1913 Webster]

5.To make use of; to employ. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]

In malice to this good knight's wife, I practiced Ubaldo and Ricardo to corrupt her.— Massinger.[1913 Webster]

6.To teach or accustom by practice; to train. [1913 Webster]

In church they are taught to love God; after church they are practiced to love their neighbor.— Landor.[1913 Webster]

Practiced \Prac"ticed\, a. [Often written practised.]

1.Experienced; expert; skilled; as, a practiced marksman. "A practiced picklock." --Ld. Lytton. [1913 Webster]

2.Used habitually; learned by practice. [1913 Webster]