skillful Definition
skill·ful (skil′fəl)
adjective
having or showing skill; accomplished; expert
skillful Related Forms
skill′·fully adverb
skill′·ful·ness noun
skillful Synonyms
skillful Usage Examples
Modifies a noun
- skier: It provides strong-intermediate and skillful skiers the finest powder snow skiing ever.
- manipulation: This is a very skillful manipulation of narrative mode in a twenty-five year old writer just embarking on his literary career.
- mean: They too, are merely skillful means to an end.
- conversion: Skillful conversion has provided an exceptionally comfortable and romantic setting.
- player: We have attracted, largely due to Brian Little's presence, many skillful players including some rated youth players to our team.
- leader: Therefore the skillful leader subdues the enemy's troops without any fighting.
Modifying Another Word
- highly: His highly skillful form of modern magic, called strolling magic, table magic, ...
- very: Jupiter in 8th house: You are very skillful at managing your own or someone else's money.
- so: He is so skillful today that he doesn't have to kill you now.
- not: If you are not skillful, your wrapping will be easily broken up when they are steamed or boiled in the water.
- especially: Decline and Fall is merely excellent entertainment with especially skillful plotting.
- quite: Kewell - 7.5 Did well also, quite skillful too with a few nice turns here and there.
Used with adjective complement

