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Pet lady trained with skill (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

adeptly

'with skill' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'pet lady trained' is the wordplay.
'trained' indicates anagramming the letters (to train can mean to grow something into a shape).
'pet'+'lady'='petlady'
'petlady' is an anagram of 'ADEPTLY'.

(Other definitions for adeptly that I've seen before include "Adroitly" , "with great skill" , "Showing skill" , "How experts act" , "Skilfully" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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