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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Skillful \Skill"ful\, adjective [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}, adverb -- {Skill"ful*ness}, noun
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
adverb
1: with skill; "fragments of a nearly complete jug, skillfully restored at the institute of archaeology" [syn: {skillfully}, {skilfully}]
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