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adjective

Skillful adj.

Discerning; reasonable; judicious; cunning. (Obs.) "Of skillful judgment."

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."

Synonyms: Expert; skilled; dexterous; adept; masterly; adroit; clever; cunning.

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"Skillful" Quotes from Famous Books

... most unexpected, Leonidas. You have matched my victory with one of yours. It was indeed most skillful and I don't yet see ...

— The Shades of the Wilderness • Joseph A. Altsheler

... ability shown by the Adelantado in the course of his transient government of the island. Wonderfully alert and active, he made repeated marches of great extent, from one remote province to another, and was always at the post of danger at the critical moment. By skillful management, with a handful of men, he defeated a formidable insurrection without any effusion of blood. He conciliated the most inveterate enemies among the natives by great moderation, while he deterred all wanton ...

— The Life and Voyages of Christopher Columbus (Vol. II) • Washington Irving

... into an explanation of the workings of the tariff and its effect on home prices. He had it at his fingers' end. Under his skillful hands the dry subject became really interesting, embellished with a wealth of illustration and anecdote. He was still deep in his exposition, when, beyond Scranton, a hand was laid on his arm. A dapper, little, dark man, with twinkling, black eyes and pointed ...

— The Desire of the Moth; and The Come On • Eugene Manlove Rhodes

... boys were taken after they left the wharf, or as to what disposition had been made of them, in any way; except to ask simply, "are they safe?" (and when told "yes," he smiled) consequently, he might have been examined for a week, by the most skillful lawyer, at the Philadelphia bar, but he could not have answered other than he did in making his return to the writ, before Judge Kane, namely: "That the persons named in the writ, nor either of them, are now nor was at the time ...

— The Underground Railroad • William Still

... coon and the bear; o'er the snow through the woodlands they wandered; On her snow shoes with stout bow and spear on their trails ran the huntress Winona. The coon to his den in the tree, and the bear to his burrow she followed; A brave, skillful hunter was she, and ...

— Legends of the Northwest • Hanford Lennox Gordon

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