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skillful Definition

skill·ful (skilfəl)

adjective

having or showing skill; accomplished; expert

skillful Related Forms

skill·fully adverb skill·ful·ness noun

skillful Synonyms

skillful

modif.

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

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