skilful
Chiefly British. skillful.
Other words from skilful
- skil·ful·ly, adverb
- skil·ful·ness, noun
Words Nearby skilful
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How to use skilful in a sentence
Abusers, conversely, can be wily and skilful when it comes to manipulating a survivor’s feelings of love.
Why Victims Of Domestic Abuse Don’t Leave – Four Experts Explain | LGBTQ-Editor | February 17, 2022 | No Straight NewsRomance fraudsters use a range of skilful grooming techniques, social engineering practices and psychological abuse tactics to gain compliance from their victims.
First The ‘Love-Bomb’, Then The ‘Financial Emergency’: 5 Tactics Of Tinder Swindlers | LGBTQ-Editor | February 14, 2022 | No Straight NewsUnlike Thatcher, he had been skilful at PMQ while opposition leader, and he carried it over into his own government.
Prime Ministers vs. Parliament: Winners & Losers | David A. Graham | July 20, 2011 | THE DAILY BEASTShe is skilful in seizing salient characteristics, and her chief aim is to preserve the individuality of her sitters and models.
Women in the fine arts, from the Seventh Century B.C. to the Twentieth Century A.D. | Clara Erskine ClementHe was skilful in out-door railway work, and an adept in managing trains and traffic.
Fifty Years of Railway Life in England, Scotland and Ireland | Joseph Tatlow
For this purpose the right under Davout was drawn back and concealed by skilful use of the ground.
Napoleon's Marshals | R. P. Dunn-PattisonHe hath chosen strong wood, and that will not rot: the skilful workman seeketh how he may set up an idol that may not be moved.
The Bible, Douay-Rheims Version | VariousMany, however, learn trades, and frequently are to be compared to the most skilful Europeans.
A Woman's Journey Round the World | Ida Pfeiffer
British Dictionary definitions for skilful
US skillful
/ (ˈskɪlfʊl) /
possessing or displaying accomplishment or skill
involving or requiring accomplishment or skill
Derived forms of skilful
- skilfully or US skillfully, adverb
- skilfulness or US skillfulness, noun
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