What does skilful mean?
Definitions for skilful
ˈskɪl fəlskil·ful
This dictionary definitions page includes all the possible meanings, example usage and translations of the word skilful.
Princeton's WordNet
adept, expert, good, practiced, proficient, skillful, skilfuladjective
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"
Wiktionary
skilfuladjective
possessing skill, skilled.
Etymology: From skilful, skylfull, scelvol, equivalent to.
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
Skilfuladjective
Knowing; qualified with skill; possessing any art; dexterous; able.
Etymology: skill and full.
His father was a man of Tyre, skilful to work in gold and silver. 2 Chron. ii. 14.
They shall call the husbandman to mourning, and such as are skilful of lamentation, to wailing. Amos v. 16.
Will Vafer is skilful at finding out the ridiculous side of a thing, and placing it in a new light. Tatler.
Say, Stella, feel you no content,
Reflecting on a life well spent;
Your skilful hand employ’d to save
Despairing wretches from the grave:
And then supporting with your store
Those whom you dragg’d from death before. Jonathan Swift.Instructors should not only be skilful in those sciences which they teach; but have skill in the method of teaching, and patience in the practice. Isaac Watts, Improvement of the Mind.
ChatGPT
skilful
Skilful refers to having or showing the ability, knowledge, or expertise to perform a task or activity well and effectively. It implies proficiency, mastery, or competence in a particular field or activity, often as the result of training or practice.
Webster Dictionary
Skilfuladjective
see Skilful
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Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of skilful in Chaldean Numerology is: 8
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of skilful in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9
Examples of skilful in a Sentence
Therefore the skilful leader subdues the enemy's troops without any fighting; he captures their cities without laying siege to them; he overthrows their kingdom without lengthy operations in the field.
Hence that general is skilful in attack whose opponent does not know what to defend; and he is skilful in defense whose opponent does not know what to attack.
There is in every child a painstaking teacher, so skilful that he obtains identical results in all children in all parts of the world. The only language men ever speak perfectly is the one they learn in babyhood, when no one can teach them anything!
He has personified the transformation from bomber jackets and steel-toed boots to suits, he has managed to formulate the party's core issues in a very skilful manner but also managed to avoid issues that are bad for the party.
The brain drain of skilful people definitely impacts the CFDA's ability to operate, especially for example its ability to evaluate new drugs.
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- destreCatalan, Valencian
- šikovnýCzech
- dygtig, behændigDanish
- gewandt, geschicktGerman
- hábil, duchoSpanish
- taitava, taidokasFinnish
- habile, adroitFrench
- betûftWestern Frisian
- sciliúilIrish
- làmhach, teòma, sgileilScottish Gaelic
- aghtalManx
- माहिरHindi
- ճարտարArmenian
- abileItalian
- うまい, 上手Japanese
- peritusLatin
- geschoold, bedrevenDutch
- habilidosoPortuguese
- искусный, умелыйRussian
- திறமை உடையTamil
- ఆరితేరిన, చేయితిరిగినTelugu
- giỏiVietnamese
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