skillful

B2 Topic:Describing Qualities

Also spelled skilful

US /ˈskɪl.fəl/ See IPA manual

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Meanings

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

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... skilled practiced

2 adj · showing or done with skill nice

Word family

Derived forms skillfullyskillfulnessunskillful

Related forms skill skilled

Etymology

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

skilful Middle English

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Topics

Describing Qualities

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