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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: a skillful ascent of the summit.

skill′ful·ly adv.

skill′ful·ness n.

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skill•ful

(ˈskɪl fəl)

adj.

1. having or exercising skill: a skillful juggler.

2. showing or involving skill: a skillful display of fancy diving.

[1250–1300]

skill′ful•ly, adv.

skill′ful•ness, n.

syn: skillful, skilled, expert refer to ability or competence in an occupation, craft, or art. skillful suggests 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.

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Adj.	1.	skillful - 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" adept, expert, practiced, proficient, skilful, good skilled - having or showing or requiring special skill; "only the most skilled gymnasts make an Olympic team"; "a skilled surgeon has many years of training and experience"; "a skilled reconstruction of her damaged elbow"; "a skilled trade"
	2.	skillful - done with delicacy and skill; "a nice bit of craft"; "a job requiring nice measurements with a micrometer"; "a nice shot" nice precise - sharply exact or accurate or delimited; "a precise mind"; "specified a precise amount"; "arrived at the precise moment"

skillful

also skilful
adjective

1. Having the ability to perform well:

able, capable, competent, good, skilled.

2. Having or demonstrating a high degree of knowledge or skill:

adept, crack, expert, master, masterful, masterly, professional, proficient, skilled.

Slang: crackerjack.

3. Showing art or skill in performing or doing:

adroit, artful, deft, dexterous.

4. Well done or executed:

adroit, clean, deft, neat.

Translations

بَارِع

zručný

dygtig

taitava

vješt

abile esperto lesto magistrale sveglio

熟練した

숙련된

duktig

ซึ่งมีความชำนาญ

becerikli

tài giỏi

娴熟的

skillful

→ بَارِع zručný dygtig geschickt επιδέξιος hábil taitava adroit vješt abile 熟練した 숙련된 vakkundig dyktig zręczny habilidoso искусный duktig ซึ่งมีความชำนาญ becerikli tài giỏi 娴熟的

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Then her hair assumed successively, under her skillful hands, all the undulations she thought might assist the charms of her face.

Before she went to bed she had pondered, analyzed, turned on all sides, examined on all points, the words, the steps, the gestures, the signs, and even the silence of her interlocutors; and of this profound, skillful, and anxious study the result was that Felton, everything considered, appeared the more vulnerable of her two persecutors.

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And believe me on my honour that to me personally it would be a pleasure to hand over the supreme command of the army into the hands of a better informed and more skillful general- of whom Austria has so many- and to lay down all this heavy responsibility.

"But that is my conviction, and judging by the last letter with which His Highness the Archduke Ferdinand has honored me, I imagine that the Austrian troops, under the direction of so skillful a leader as General Mack, have by now already gained a decisive victory and no longer need our aid," said Kutuzov.

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One night a squadron of Federal horse commanded by Major Seidel, a gallant and skillful officer, moved out from Readyville on an uncommonly hazardous enterprise requiring secrecy, caution and silence.

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