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Answer for the clue "Skillfulness by virtue of possessing special knowledge ", 10 letters:
expertness

Word definitions for expertness in dictionaries

WordNet Word definitions in WordNet
n. skillfulness by virtue of possessing special knowledge [syn: expertise ]

The Collaborative International Dictionary Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Expertness \Ex*pert"ness\, n. Skill derived from practice; readiness; as, expertness in seamanship, or in reasoning. Syn: Facility; readiness; dexterity; adroitness; skill. See Facility .

Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. The state of being expert; skill or proficiency

Usage examples of expertness.

The trainer directs the girl in the cage, or in the exercises, tending, observing, and prescribing, honing her with expertness into a delicious, responsive slave animal, the Gorean girl, collared, in bondage, trained to drive a man mad with desire, and then serve that desire, vulnerably, frequently and absolutely.

But she would appreciate that better than I, since she worships expertness of any kind and since she has probably been laid by every section hand on her railroad!