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skillful

[skil-fuhl]

skill·ful

[skil-fuhl]
adjective
1.
having or exercising skill: a skillful juggler.
2.
showing or involving skill: a skillful display of fancy diving.
3.
Obsolete. reasonable; rational.
Also, especially British, skilful.


Origin:
1250–1300; Middle English; see skill1, -ful

skill·ful·ly, adverb
skill·ful·ness, noun
qua·si-skill·ful, adjective
qua·si-skill·ful·ly, adverb


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. awkward, clumsy, amateurish.

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skilful or skillful (ˈskɪlfʊl)
 
adj
1.  possessing or displaying accomplishment or skill
2.  involving or requiring accomplishment or skill
 
skillful or skillful
 
adj
 
'skilfully or skillful
 
adv
 
'skillfully or skillful
 
adv
 
'skilfulness or skillful
 
n
 
'skillfulness or skillful
 
n

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