skillful

pronunciation

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Adjective:

having or showing knowledge and skill and aptitude
done with delicacy and skill

Word Origin

skillful (adj.): also skilful, early 14c., from skill + -ful. Related: Skillfully; skilfully.

Synonym

adj.

cunning clever ingenious expert proficient adept able capable dexterous apt handy masterful

Antonym

adj.

unskillful clumsy maladroit gauche awkward

Example

1. There were more skillful falsifiers , of course .

2. Some people are naturally more skillful when it comes to being assertive . Others need more practice .

3. Any skillful painter can depict the visible ; it is a rare one who can take us beyond the visible .

4. The beauty of the animation , a skillful blend of hand-painted foreground and well-placed computer background , works to generate the storytelling .

5. Someone knowing nothing about the film could be excused for suspecting that philip seymour hoffman plays both characters the older man with skillful makeup effects .

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