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Skillful Common

Skillful has 3 different meanings across 1 category:

Adjective

Definitions
Adjective
1

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"

2

done with delicacy and skill

"a nice bit of craft"

"a job requiring nice measurements with a micrometer"

"a nice shot"

3

Possessing skill; skilled.

Example Sentences
"adept in handicrafts" adjective
"an adept juggler" adjective
"an expert job" adjective
"a good mechanic" adjective
"a practiced marksman" adjective
"a proficient engineer" adjective
"a lesser-known but no less skillful composer" adjective
"the effect was achieved by skillful retouching" adjective
"a nice bit of craft" adjective
"a job requiring nice measurements with a micrometer" adjective
Related Terms

Origin

The word comes from Middle English skilful, which combined the noun skill with the suffix -ful. It originally meant possessing or full of skill.

Rhyming Words
awful woful urnful earful endful woeful cupful hueful dueful manful jugful aimful wilful aidful useful canful binful busful armful owlful
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