Both Uses of
proficiency
in
Ulysses by James Joyce
- Beside the young man he looked also at the photo of the lady now his 1440 legal wife who, he intimated, was the accomplished daughter of Major Brian Tweedy and displayed at an early age remarkable proficiency as a singer having even made her bow to the public when her years numbered barely sweet sixteen.†
Chpt 16
- The counterbalance of her proficiency of judgment regarding one person, proved true by experiment.†
Chpt 17 *
Definition:
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(proficiency) skillfulness in something