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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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