skillful

1. a. Discerning; reasonable; judicious; cunning. Source: opted

2. a. 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. Source: opted

3. adj. having or showing knowledge and skill and aptitude Source: wordnet

4. adj. done with delicacy and skill Source: wordnet

5. 1. Discerning; reasonable; judicious; cunning. [Obs.] "Of skillful judgment." Chaucer. 2. 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. Amos v. 16. Syn. -- Expert; skilled; dexterous; adept; masterly; adroit; clever; cunning. -- Skill"ful*ly, adv. -- Skill"ful*ness, n. Source: webster

6. j:100 s having or showing knowledge and skill and aptitude s done with delicacy and skill Source: ecdict

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