About The Word Skillful
Learn about the word Skillful to help solve your crossword puzzle. Discover Skillful definitions and meaning, origins, synonyms, related terms and more at the free Crossword Dictionary.
Skillful
| Skillful Definition And Meaning |
|---|
What's The Definition Of Skillful?
[adj] done with delicacy and skill; "a nice bit of craft"; "a job requiring nice measurements with a micrometer"; "a nice shot"
[adj] having or showing knowledge and skill and aptitude; "adept in handicrafts"; "an adept juggler"; "an expert job"; "a good mechanic"; "a practiced marksman"; "a proficient engineer"; "a lesser-known but no less skillful composer"; "the effect was achieved by skillful retouching" Synonyms | Synonyms for Skillful: adept | expert | good | nice | practiced | precise | proficient | skilful | skilled Related Terms | Find terms related to Skillful: See Also | Skillful In Webster's Dictionary \Skill"ful\, a. [Written also skilful.]
1. Discerning; reasonable; judicious; cunning. [Obs.] ``Of
skillful judgment.'' --Chaucer.
2. Possessed of, or displaying, skill; knowing and ready;
expert; well-versed; able in management; as, a skillful
mechanic; -- often followed by at, in, or of; as, skillful
at the organ; skillful in drawing.
And they shall call the husbandman to mourning, and
such as are skillful of lamentations to wailing.
--Amos v. 16.
Syn: Expert; skilled; dexterous; adept; masterly; adroit;
clever; cunning. -- {Skill"ful*ly}, adv. --
{Skill"ful*ness}, n.
|
More Crossword Puzzle Words
A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | O | P | Q | R | S | T | U | V | W | X | Y | Z
Cross Word Of The Day
- Homogenize ‐ cause to become equal or homogeneous as by mixing; "homogenize…
- Schweitzer ‐ French philosopher and physician and organist who spent most…
- Oilman ‐ a worker who produces or sells petroleum [n] a person who owns…
- Desertic soil ‐ a type of soil that develops in…
- Berteroa ‐ hoary alyssum
- Sarda ‐ bonitos
- Chipmunk ‐ chipmunk of western…
- Restorer ‐ a skilled worker who is employed to restore or refinish buildings…
- Magnolia tripetala ‐ small deciduous open-crowned tree of eastern North America having…
- Buy off ‐ pay someone with influence in order to…