skillful
having or exercising skill: a skillful juggler.
showing or involving skill: a skillful display of fancy diving.
Obsolete. reasonable; rational.
Origin of skillful
1- Also especially British, skil·ful .
synonym study For skillful
Other words for skillful
Opposites for skillful
Other words from skillful
- skill·ful·ly, adverb
- skill·ful·ness, noun
- quasi-skillful, adjective
- qua·si-skill·ful·ly, adverb
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How to use skillful in a sentence
In other words, the shorter the season, the less we can be certain the more skillful teams will rise to the top of the standings, leading to more surprises.
A switch to points percentage for NHL playoff seeding could cause chaos | Neil Greenberg | February 19, 2021 | Washington PostIf you’re someone who hasn’t invested in skillful social media strategists so far, you need to reconsider.
Six ways to steer marketing in the post-pandemic world | Evelyn Johnson | January 6, 2021 | Search Engine WatchIn both “The Jar” and “The Race,” the colloquy benefits from skillful steerage by a moderator in the former case and a group of young actors in the latter.
With playhouses dark, interactive theater online is lighting things up | Peter Marks | October 29, 2020 | Washington PostThe photographers featured in the exhibition planned meticulously for their winning shots, and the results were universally beautifully composed and skillful as well as miraculously lucky.
Check out the breathtaking winners of the 2020 Wildlife Photographer of the Year contest | Rachael Zisk | October 20, 2020 | Popular-ScienceMeteorologists call such periods “forecasts of opportunity,” because they represent times when forecasts are likely to be more skillful.
Improved three-week weather forecasts could save lives from disaster | Alexandra Witze | August 27, 2020 | Science News
His treachery, however, had been skillfully concealed for years.
The Castration of Alan Turing, Britain’s Code-Breaking WWII Hero | Clive Irving | November 29, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTGil took weeks to build a monologue, skillfully turning the words on their head.
‘The Prince of Chocolate City’: When Gil Scott-Heron Became A Music Icon | Marcus Baram | November 15, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTShe tackles weighty subjects with a naive sensibility and faux-innocence, but skillfully avoids dumbing them down.
A helping of free PR, all while skillfully avoiding the exorbitant day rate of British fashion model Daisy Lowe.
Growing up is hard to do—was then, is now—but Crystal skillfully interweaves the bitter and the sweet.
Comedy Is His Calling: The Brilliance of Billy Crystal | Tom Shales | April 18, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTIt was being driven very rapidly, but very skillfully, and the car was empty save for the driver.
The Campfire Girls of Roselawn | Margaret PenroseThe girls were dressed in such boating costumes as gave them the very freest movement, and they both used the paddle skillfully.
The Campfire Girls of Roselawn | Margaret PenroseAmy, who was in the bow sheered off, but brought the side of the canoe skillfully against the rough planks.
The Campfire Girls of Roselawn | Margaret PenroseMr. Henty has never combined history and thrilling adventure more skillfully than in this extremely interesting story.
A Roving Commission | G. A. HentyIt has an alluring plot, and is well and skillfully worked out.
The Highgrader | William MacLeod Raine
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