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adjective

Skillful adj.

Discerning; reasonable; judicious; cunning. (Obs.) "Of skillful judgment."

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."

Synonyms: Expert; skilled; dexterous; adept; masterly; adroit; clever; cunning.

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"Skillful" Quotes from Famous Books

... her hands resting on the edge of the table. They were large, gnarled, strong—the hands of a man. She flexed them. They were smooth and skillful. ...

— Unthinkable • Roger Phillips Graham

... tosses it, as we toss a dog a bone, to some ingenious archangel with a theory. Then you enjoy the spectacle of that seraph about as busy over this notable world as a child with a mud pie. The winged one sets to work with a will. A little pinch of life; develops under his skillful manipulation; evolution takes its remorseless course through the wastes of Time until—behold! the apotheosis of the ape at last. Picture that well-meaning but muddle-headed archangel's dismay at such a conclusion! All his theories ...

— Lying Prophets • Eden Phillpotts

... "New Departure Creed," Dr. Flagg says, "Skillful and scrupulous dentists fill with tin covered with gold, thereby preventing decay, pulpitis, death of the pulp, and abscess, and ...

— Tin Foil and Its Combinations for Filling Teeth • Henry L. Ambler

... something must again be tried. A small raft is constructed, and, to the surprise of all, swings up beside the rock to which the sufferer had clung for the last forty-eight hours. He instantly throws himself full length upon it. Thousands are pulling at the end of the rope, and with skillful management a few rods are gained toward the nearest shore. What tongue can tell, what pencil can paint, the anxiety with which that little bark is watched as, trembling and tossing amid the roughest waters, it nears that rock-bound coast? Save Niagara's ...

— The Canadian Elocutionist • Anna Kelsey Howard

... into business with a will. The sewing-machine hummed ceaselessly. Celia, with rapid, skillful fingers, kept pace with her in basting and putting together, and Charlotte—well, Charlotte did her best. Meanwhile Captain Rayburn and the baby explored together mysterious realms of pockets ...

— The Second Violin • Grace S. Richmond

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