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SKILLFUL

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does skillful mean? 

SKILLFUL (adjective)
  The adjective SKILLFUL has 2 senses:

1. having or showing knowledge and skill and aptitudeplay

2. done with delicacy and skillplay

  Familiarity information: SKILLFUL used as an adjective is rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


SKILLFUL (adjective)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Having or showing knowledge and skill and aptitude

Synonyms:

adept; expert; good; practiced; proficient; skilful; skillful

Context example:

the effect was achieved by skillful retouching

Similar:

skilled (having or showing or requiring special skill)

Derivation:

skillfulness (the state of being cognitively skillful)


Sense 2

Meaning:

Done with delicacy and skill

Synonyms:

nice; skillful

Context example:

a nice shot

Similar:

precise (sharply exact or accurate or delimited)


 Context examples 


But it is, as she presently discovered, for her spirits began to rise, and her table to blossom under her skillful hands, the girls were very kind, and that one little act seemed to have cleared the atmosphere amazingly.

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)



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