skilful/skillful - Longman Dictionary

THESAURUSskilful British English, skillful American English good at doing something, especially something that needs special ability or traininga skilful player ... skilful Wordfamily (noun) skilldeskilling (adjective) skilful/skillfulskilled≠unskilled (verb) deskill (adverb) skilfully/skillfullyFromLongmanDictionaryofContemporaryEnglishskilfulskil‧fulBritishEnglish,skillfulAmericanEnglish/ˈskɪlfəl/●●●W2adjective    1GOODATgoodatdoingsomething,especiallysomethingthatneedsspecialabilityortraining  askilfulfootballerskilfulat(doing)something  Afterafewyears,hebecameveryskilfulatdrawing.2GOODATmadeordoneverywell,showingalotofability  theskilfuluseofsoundeffects  sensitiveandskillfulleadership—skilfullyadverb  Shehadusedmake-upskilfullytomaskthebruise.THESAURUSskilfulBritishEnglish,skillfulAmericanEnglishgoodatdoingsomething,especiallysomethingthatneedsspecialabilityortrainingaskilfulplayertheartist'sskillfuluseofcolorSuccessinbusinessdependsonskilfulmanagement.goodatsomethingabletodosomethingwellMariaisextremelygoodatherjob.Hewasverygoodatswimming.I'mnotverygoodatMaths.skilledhavingalotoftrainingandexperience,andabletodoajobwellThereisademandforcarpentersandotherskilledcraftsmen.Thecountryneedshighlyskilledforeignworkers.Ouradvisorsareskilledatdealingwithfinancialproblems.talentedhavinganaturalabilitytodosomethingwellatalentedartistShe'sanexceptionallytalentedstudent.giftedhavingagreatnaturalability,whichfewpeoplehaveagiftedwriteragiftedplayeraspecialschoolforgiftedchildrenveryskilfulaccomplishedveryskilfulbecauseyouhavehadalotofexperienceofdoingsomething–usedespeciallyaboutmusicians,artists,performersetcahighlyaccomplishedpianistSheisoneofthemostaccomplishedtheatreperformers.She'sapopulardancer,andveryaccomplished.expertextremelyskilfulandhavingalotofknowledgeaboutdoingsomethingHewasanexpertskier.StudentslearntocookFrenchfoodwiththehelpofexpertchefs.Politiciansareexpertatdeflectingcriticism.virtuoso[onlybeforenoun]extremelyskilfulandimpressive–usedespeciallyaboutmusicians,performers,orperformancesavirtuosoviolinistTheteamgaveavirtuosoperformanceinthefinal.ExamplesfromtheCorpusskilful•WebothemployedlocalArussiastrackers,someofwhomwereveryskilfulandallofwhomweretireless.•Skilfulandconfident,Donaldsonshouldbecomeoneofthegame'sbestplayers.•Fancifulthoughthismaysound,Blackburnisaskilfulandsubtleenoughwritertopullitoff.•ButtheSchubertsareaskilfulbunch-realgrown-upmusicianswithafantasticsenseofperformance.•Withonefierceandskilfulkickofhisachingfoothewillmendadeepconcavityintherefrigerator'sflank.•Successinbusinessdependsonskilfulmanagement.•Finallyweweretoldthatateamhadbeenformedbutthatitcontainednoskilfulplayers,weremainedsceptical!•HeestablishedSwindonasoneofthemostskilfulsidesoutsidethetopflightbeforeafrustratingswitchtoTyneside.•Justasonlyacaterpillarcanbecomeabutterfly,theformalstageseemsanecessarydevelopmentalsteptotheskilfulstage.•SembeneOusmaneisastory-tellerandaskilfulwriterwhocancarryyoualongwiththedramaandtheatmosphereregardlessofsubject.skilfulat(doing)something•Inthissensetheyhavebecomehighlyskilfulatenactingsuchrules. Quizzes Quizzes Takeourquickquizzestopractiseyourvocabulary. Wehavethousandsofsix-questionquizzestotry. Choosefromcollocations,synonyms,phrasalverbsandmore. Picturesoftheday Whatarethese? Clickonthepicturestocheck. Exploretopics Folklore Technology Citizenship Airforce Seealltopics Wordoftheday deteriorate tobecomeworse