prowess

[prow·ess]

Prowess means exceptional skill or ability. Your sailing prowess might save your life in a storm, while someone with less experience might make mistakes.

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Distinguished bravery; valor; especially, military bravery and skill; gallantry; intrepidity; fearlessness.

Noun
a superior skill that you can learn by study and practice and observation; "the art of conversation"; "it''s quite an art"


a.
Distinguished bravery; valor; especially, military bravery and skill; gallantry; intrepidity; fearlessness.


Prowess

Prow"ess , n. [OF. proece, proesce, F. prouesse. See Prow, a.] Distinguished bravery; valor; especially, military bravery and skill; gallantry; intrepidity; fearlessness. Chaucer. Sir P. Sidney.
He by his prowess conquered all France.

Distinguished bravery; valor; especially, military bravery and skill; gallantry; intrepidity; fearlessness.

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Usage Examples

Our film examines the heroism, courage and prowess of the Soviet submarine force in ways never seen before.

People of small caliber are always carping. They are bent on showing their own superiority, their knowledge or prowess or good breeding.

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Other Usage Examples

One of the reasons I'm an actor is because I was no physical specimen as a child. I wasn't athletic and didn't have any prowess in that regard. Growing up in Kentucky, most little boys were trying to get into sports, and it was very competitive, so that was not to be. But I did want to do something.

I was a weedy kid, not like one of those working-class men who can accommodate not being academically clever by physical strength and prowess.

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