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skillful skillful definition

skillful


 
  Grep  of  noun  skillful 
  skillfulness 
 
  Overview  of  adj  skillful 
 
  The  adj  skillful  has  2  senses  (first  1  from  tagged  texts) 
 
  1.  (3)  adept,  expert,  good,  practiced,  proficient,  skillful,  skilful  --  (having  or  showing  knowledge  and  skill  and  aptitude;  "adept  in  handicrafts";  "an  adept  juggler";  "an  expert  job";  "a  good  mechanic";  "a  practiced  marksman";  "a  proficient  engineer";  "a  lesser-known  but  no  less  skillful  composer";  "the  effect  was  achieved  by  skillful  retouching") 
  2.  nice,  skillful  --  (done  with  delicacy  and  skill;  "a  nice  bit  of  craft";  "a  job  requiring  nice  measurements  with  a  micrometer";  "a  nice  shot") 
 
  Antonyms  of  adj  skillful 
 
  2  senses  of  skillful 
 
  Sense  1 
  adept,  expert,  good,  practiced,  proficient,  skillful,  skilful 
 
  INDIRECT  (VIA  skilled)  ->  unskilled 
 
  Sense  2 
  nice,  skillful 
 
  INDIRECT  (VIA  precise)  ->  imprecise 
 
  Similarity  of  adj  skillful 
 
  2  senses  of  skillful 
 
  Sense  1 
  adept,  expert,  good,  practiced,  proficient,  skillful,  skilful 
  =>  skilled  (vs.  unskilled) 
 
  Sense  2 
  nice,  skillful 
  =>  precise  (vs.  imprecise) 
 
  Attributes  of  adj  skillful 
 
 
  Familiarity  of  adj  skillful 
 
  skillful  used  as  an  adjective  is  rare  (polysemy  count  =  2) 
 
  Grep  of  adj  skillful 
  mechanically  skillful 
  skillful 
  unskillful 
 
  Overview  of  adj  skillful 
 
  The  adj  skillful  has  2  senses  (first  1  from  tagged  texts) 
 
  1.  (3)  adept,  expert,  good,  practiced,  proficient,  skillful,  skilful  --  (having  or  showing  knowledge  and  skill  and  aptitude;  "adept  in  handicrafts";  "an  adept  juggler";  "an  expert  job";  "a  good  mechanic";  "a  practiced  marksman";  "a  proficient  engineer";  "a  lesser-known  but  no  less  skillful  composer";  "the  effect  was  achieved  by  skillful  retouching") 
  2.  nice,  skillful  --  (done  with  delicacy  and  skill;  "a  nice  bit  of  craft";  "a  job  requiring  nice  measurements  with  a  micrometer";  "a  nice  shot") 



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