Skilful definition and meaning | Collins English Dictionary

1. possessing or displaying accomplishment or skill · skilfully (ˈskilfully) or US skillfully (ˈskillfully) · skilfulness (ˈskilfulness) or US skillfulness ( ... EnglishDictionary Thesaurus WordLists Grammar EnglishEasyLearningGrammar GrammarPatterns EnglishUsage TeachingResources VideoGuides Conjugations Sentences Quiz Englishgrammar Englishcollocations Englishconfusables Englishidioms Englishusage Thematicwordlists English French German Italian Spanish Portuguese Hindi Chinese Korean Japanese Definitionof 'skilful'    WordFrequency Share× Credits× skilful (skɪlfʊl ) regionalnote: inAM,useskillfuladjective Someonewhoisskilfulatsomethingdoesitverywell. HeiswidelyregardedasHungary'smostskilfulpolitician. ...Rembrandt'sskilfuluseoflightandshade. Synonyms:expert,deft,skilled,masterly MoreSynonymsofskilful skilfully adverb[ADVERBwithverb]Hehadaclearideaofhiscompany'sstrengthsandskilfullyexploitedthem. COBUILDAdvancedEnglishDictionary.Copyright©HarperCollinsPublishers Video:pronunciationof skilful Youmayalsolike EnglishQuizConfusables Synonymsof'skilful' LanguageLover'sBlog FrenchTranslationof'skilful' Translateyourtext PronunciationPlaylists Wordoftheday:'Earhart' HindiTranslationof'skilful' NEWfromCollins! EnglishGrammar CollinsApps WordFrequency skilfulinBritishEnglish orUSskillful(ˈskɪlfʊl ) adjective1. possessingordisplayingaccomplishmentorskill 2. involvingorrequiringaccomplishmentorskill CollinsEnglishDictionary.Copyright©HarperCollinsPublishers Derivedformsskilfully(ˈskilfully)orUSskillfully(ˈskillfully)adverb skilfulness(ˈskilfulness)orUSskillfulness(ˈskillfulness)noun WordFrequency skilfulinAmericanEnglish (ˈskɪlfəl ) adjectiveChieflyBritish skillful Webster’sNewWorldCollegeDictionary,4thEdition.Copyright©2010by HoughtonMifflinHarcourt.Allrightsreserved. Derivedformsskilfully(ˈskilfully) adverb skilfulness(ˈskilfulness) noun WordFrequency skilfulinAmericanEnglish (ˈskɪlfəl) adjectivechieflyBritskillful Mostmaterial©2005,1997,1991byPenguinRandomHouseLLC.Modifiedentries©2019 byPenguinRandomHouseLLCandHarperCollinsPublishersLtd Derivedformsskilfullyadverb skilfulnessnoun Examplesof'skilful'inasentence skilful Theseexampleshavebeenautomaticallyselectedandmaycontainsensitivecontent.Readmore… Theyarejustgoinginhardandsometimesplayersaretooskilfulandgetintherefirst.TheSun(2010)Healsoworkswellwithourveryskilfulyoungplayersandthatisimportant.TheSun(2010)Hethenmadeskilfuluseofthenewmediumoftheinternettoinformandentertainamuchwideraudience.Times,SundayTimes(2013)Heisstrongandveryskilful.Times,SundayTimes(2011)Heisquickandskilful,hehasgreatandscorestries.Times,SundayTimes(2014)Winnersdon'tjustwinbecausetheyarefasterorstrongerormoreskilful.Times,SundayTimes(2013)Unitedareconfidenttheyhavemoreskilful,mentallystrongerfootballers.Times,SundayTimes(2010)Hewasveryskilful,heusedtocatchyouwithajabandyouwouldn'tknowwhereitcamefrom.Times,SundayTimes(2008) COBUILDCollocations skilful  skilfuluseof Trendsof skilful Viewusagefor: AllYears Last10years Last50years Last100years Last300years Inotherlanguages skilful BritishEnglish:skilful /ˈskɪlfʊl/ADJECTIVESomeonewhoisskilfulatsomethingdoesitverywell.Heisaparticularlyskilfulartist.AmericanEnglish:skillful /ˈskɪlfəl/Arabic:بَارِع BrazilianPortuguese:habilidoso Chinese:娴熟的 Croatian:vješt Czech:zručný Danish:dygtig Dutch:vakkundig EuropeanSpanish:hábil Finnish:taitava French:adroit German:geschickt Greek:επιδέξιος Italian:abile Japanese:熟練した Korean:숙련된 Norwegian:dyktig Polish:zręczny EuropeanPortuguese:habilidoso Romanian:priceputRussian:искусный LatinAmericanSpanish:hábil Swedish:duktig Thai:ซึ่งมีความชำนาญ Turkish:becerikli Ukrainian:умілийVietnamese:tàigiỏi Translateyourtextforfree Browsealphabetically skilful skikjoring SkilSaw skilfish skilful skilfuluseof skill skillacquisition AllENGLISHwordsthatbeginwith'S' Relatedtermsof skilful skilfuluseof Source DefinitionofskilfulfromtheCollinsEnglishDictionary ReadabouttheteamofauthorsbehindCollinsDictionaries. 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