Skilful
['skɪlfʊl;-f(ə)l]
Definition
(a.) See Skilful.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
a. [Written also Skillful.] Skilled, well-versed, versed, conversant, proficient, learned, knowing, intelligent, ingenious, competent, able, clever, qualified, practised, trained, initiated, prepared, accomplished, expert, dexterous, adroit, apt, handy, ready, quick, masterly, good at, master of, at home in, in one's element.
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Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Expert, clever, dexterous, apt, well-versed, adroit,[See DELINEATE]
Editor: Ozzie
Examples
- Mademoiselle, like most Belgian ladies, was specially skilful with her needle. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- The machines for drilling and boring are the best that money can buy, and the operatives the most skilful to be found anywhere. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- Present-day reform lays a great emphasis upon instruments and very little on the skilful use of them. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- Two resolute men, well acquainted with these northern wilds, and skilful in tracking the tread of man and horse. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- He was a good musician, a skilful draughtsman and painter, something of a poet, and had shown considerable talent in designing and building a variety of toy machines. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- By very skilful manoeuvres and boldness of attack he completely routed the enemy. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- It requires, too, a more attentive and skilful management. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- Whether he prodded'; Mr Wegg's pantomime is skilful and expressive here; 'or whether he scooped? Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- Or rather she is coming into the snare, and you will catch her to-morrow, if you're skilful. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
- Without remarking that man-traps were not among the amenities of life, I said I supposed he was very skilful? Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- You are a skilful pilot, Robert; you will weather the storm. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- It is but a question of time, of skilful propagandism, and of opinion-making men seizing historic opportunities. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- My mistress had a daughter of nine years old, a child of towardly parts for her age, very dexterous at her needle, and skilful in dressing her baby. Jonathan Swift. Gulliver's Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World.
- He took this to a skilful turner in wood and metal, who examined it carefully. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- The boy was employed at the colliery, and was rapidly learning the business under the skilful charge of his father. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- I hope my nephew will therefore establish a character as an _honest_ and faithful as well as _skilful_ workman, and then he need not fear employment. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
- The nature of the weapon, though it by no means puts the awkward upon a level with the skilful, puts him more nearly so than he ever was before. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- Skilful has been the hand! Jane Austen. Emma.
- He knows that by touching her with his skilful and accustomed hand he can soothe her yet more readily. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- It shall waken your nature, fill your mind with music; it shall pass like a skilful hand over your heart, and make its strings sound. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- Art thou sure it’s not the pencraft of some skilful scribe? Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- Among the recent devices is one which dispenses with the expensive and skilful work by hand of drawing the warp threads into the eyes of the heddles and through the reed of the loom. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- Georgy had a dandy telescope and got the vessel under view in the most skilful manner. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- Without the aid of artificial appliances a skilful diver may remain under water for two, or even three minutes; accounts of longer periods are doubtful or absurd. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- I soon became at least as expeditious and as skilful as either of the other boys. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- The ashes being easily moved by a skilful hand, the spies took this as a hint to make off in good time. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- He was a skilful master, and successful in his profession, employing the mildest and most encouraging methods. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
- And if merchandise is to be carried over the sea, skilful sailors will also be needed, and in considerable numbers? Plato. The Republic.
- On what grounds he expected to succeed in his chase himself best knew; certainly not by skilful management. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- This doctor that attends Eva seems skilful. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
Editor: Ozzie