Also spelled skilful

US /ˈskɪl.fəl/
adj Freq #22462

Meanings

  1. 1
    adj

    able to do something very well, especially with the hands or mind

    She is a skillful mechanic who can fix almost any car.

  2. 2
    adj

    showing or done with skill

    It was a skillful piece of work, completed without a single mistake.

Thesaurus

Synonyms
1 adj · able to do something very... skilledpracticed
2 adj · showing or done with skill nice
Word family
Derived forms skillfullyskillfulnessunskillful
Related forms skillskilled

Etymology

From Middle English skilful, skylfull, scelvol, equivalent to skill + -ful.

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