Skillful

Skill′ful

,

Adj.

[Written also

skilful

.]

1.

Discerning; reasonable; judicious; cunning.

[Obs.]

“Of skillful judgment.”

Chaucer.

2.

Possessed of, or displaying, skill; knowing and ready; expert; well-versed; able in management;

as, a

skillful

mechanic

; – often followed by at, in, or of;

as,

skillful

at the organ;

skillful

in drawing

.

And they shall call the husbandman to mourning, and such as are

skillful

of lamentations to wailing.

Amos v. 16.

Syn. – Expert; skilled; dexterous; adept; masterly; adroit; clever; cunning.

–

Skill′ful-ly

,

adv.

–

Skill′ful-ness

,

Noun.

Skillful

SKILL'FUL

, a.

1.

Knowing; well versed in any art; hence, dextrous; able in management; able to perform nicely any manual operation in the arts or professions; as a skillful mechanic; a skillful operator in surgery.

2.

Well versed in practice; as a skillful physician.

It is followed by at or in; as skillful at the organ; skillful in drawing.

skillful

English

Alternative forms

skilfull (obsolete)
(Commonwealth English) skilful

Adjective

skillful ‎(comparative more skillful, superlative most skillful)

Possessing skill.

Synonyms

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Translations

possessing skill

Arabic: مَاهِر ‎(māhir), حَاذِق ‎(ḥāḏiq), بَارِع (ar) ‎(bāriʿ)
Armenian: ճարտար (hy) ‎(čartar)
Catalan: hàbil (ca) m, f
Cebuano: maayo, hanas
Chinese:
Mandarin: 熟練 (zh), 熟练 (zh) ‎(shúliàn), 嫻熟 (zh), 娴熟 (zh) ‎(xiánshú), 擅長 (zh), 擅长 (zh) ‎(shàncháng)
Czech: dovedný (cs), obratný (cs), zručný, šikovný (cs)
Dutch: bedreven (nl), vaardig (nl)
Esperanto: lerta
French: habile (fr)
Georgian: მოხერხებული ‎(moxerxebuli), მარჯვე ‎(marǯve), გაწაფული ‎(gac̣apuli), ოსტატური ‎(osṭaṭuri)

German: geschickt (de), gewandt (de)
Italian: esperto (it), destro (it), provetto (it), abile (it), pratico (it)
Japanese: 上手 (ja) ‎(じょうず, jōzu), 得意 (ja) ‎(とくい, tokui), 熟練 (ja) ‎(じゅくれん, jukuren)
Latin: perītus
Latvian: veikls, izdarīgs, izmanīgs
Portuguese: talentoso (pt)
Romanian: priceput (ro) m
Russian: иску́сный (ru) ‎(iskúsnyj), уме́лый (ru) ‎(umélyj), (dexterous) ло́вкий (ru) ‎(lóvkij)
Spanish: ducho (es), hábil (es)
Swedish: skicklig (sv)
Telugu: ఆరితేరిన ‎(āritērina), చేయితిరిగిన ‎(cēyitirigina)

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Skillful

SKILL'FUL

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