skillful
Use Skillful in a sentence
fəlAlso, especially British, skilful.
Related forms
skill·ful·ly, adverb
skill·ful·ness, noun
qua·si-skill·ful, adjective
qua·si-skill·ful·ly, adverb
Synonyms
1. ready, adroit, deft, adept, apt, clever, ingenious. Skillful, skilled, expert refer to readiness and adroitness in an occupation, craft, or art. Skillful suggests especially adroitness and dexterity: a skillful watchmaker. Skilled implies having had long experience and thus having acquired a high degree of proficiency: not an amateur but a skilled worker. Expert means having the highest degree of proficiency; it may mean much the same as skillful or skilled or both: expert workmanship. See also dexterous.
1. ready, adroit, deft, adept, apt, clever, ingenious. Skillful, skilled, expert refer to readiness and adroitness in an occupation, craft, or art. Skillful suggests especially adroitness and dexterity: a skillful watchmaker. Skilled implies having had long experience and thus having acquired a high degree of proficiency: not an amateur but a skilled worker. Expert means having the highest degree of proficiency; it may mean much the same as skillful or skilled or both: expert workmanship. See also dexterous.
Antonyms
1. awkward, clumsy, amateurish.
1. awkward, clumsy, amateurish.
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| 1. | possessing or displaying accomplishment or skill |
| 2. | involving or requiring accomplishment or skill |
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Example sentences
And without the skillful help they needed, these fine chefs could not be persuaded to stay at a job.
The error is in using speculative happy thoughts related to the crisis as examples of skillful redirection.
Sadly, you are an intentional and skillful deceiver.
They are skillful hunters that stalk their prey on the ground and from branches of trees.
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