About The Word Skillful
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Skillful
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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.
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