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skill⋅ful

  [skil-fuhl]
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–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; ME; see skill 1 , -ful

Related forms:
skill⋅ful⋅ly, adverb
skill⋅ful⋅ness, noun

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 esp. 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.
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skill·ful   (skĭl'fəl)   
adj.  
  1. Possessing or exercising skill; expert. See Synonyms at proficient.
  2. Characterized by, exhibiting, or requiring skill.
skill'ful·ly adv., skill'ful·ness n.
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