skilled
- having skill; trained or experienced in work that requires skill.
- showing, involving, or requiring skill, as certain work.
Origin of skilled
Synonym study
skill2
- to matter.
- to help; avail.
Origin of skill2
Examples from the Web for skilled
Contemporary Examples
The North Korean hackers have proven to be a persistent adversary, if not the most skilled one.
One that has been repeated in my life so much that I am now skilled in completely erasing it.
Medicaid is required to cover people in skilled nursing facilities, that is, institutions.
Medicaid Will Give You Money for At-Home Care, but You Might Wait YearsElizabeth Picciuto
December 2, 2014
The novel is a gifted escape artist, skilled at shrugging off the chains of any definition.
Physicians there are skilled enough to perform mid-trimester abortions, as well as procedures for women with fetal anomalies.
Historical Examples
The youth's pale face flushed with the pride of the skilled workman.
The White CompanyArthur Conan Doyle
Canst not give a name to it, and thou so skilled in leech-craft?
The White CompanyArthur Conan Doyle
Take, for example, the prescience of a skilled business man.
Understanding the ScripturesFrancis McConnell
He was a skilled man at this, none more so; nevertheless he failed.
The Leopard WomanStewart Edward White
Some scratch a little deeper than those who aren't so skilled or so strong.
DustMr. and Mrs. Haldeman-Julius
skilled
- possessing or demonstrating accomplishment, skill, or special training
- (prenominal) involving skill or special traininga skilled job
skill
- special ability in a task, sport, etc, esp ability acquired by training
- something, esp a trade or technique, requiring special training or manual proficiency
- obsolete understanding
Word Origin
Word Origin and History for skilled
adj.
past participle adjective from skill (v.) "to have personal and practical knowledge" (c.1200), from Old Norse skilja "separate, part, divide; break off, break up; part company, take leave; discern, distinguish; understand, find out; decide, settle," from the source of skill (n.).
skill
n.
late 12c., "power of discernment," from Old Norse skil "distinction, ability to make out, discernment, adjustment," related to skilja (v.) "to separate; discern, understand," from Proto-Germanic *skaljo- "divide, separate" (cf. Swedish skäl "reason," Danish skjel "a separation, boundary, limit," Middle Low German schillen "to differ," Middle Low German, Middle Dutch schele "separation, discrimination;" see shell (n.)). Sense of "ability, cleverness" first recorded early 13c.