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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

adj
1: 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" [syn: adept, expert, good, practiced, proficient, skillful, skilful]

Merriam Webster's

chiefly British variant of skillful

Oxford Reference Dictionary

adj. (US skillful) (often foll. by at, in) having or showing skill; practised, expert, adroit, ingenious. Derivatives: skilfully adv. skilfulness n.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Skilful Skil"ful, a. See Skilful.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

Note: in AM, use 'skillful' Someone who is skilful at something does it very well. He is widely regarded as Hungary's most skilful politician. ADJ • skilfully He had a clear idea of his company's strengths and skilfully exploited them. ADV: ADV with v

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

a. Skilled, well-versed, versed, conversant, proficient, learned, knowing, intelligent, ingenious, competent, able, clever, qualified, practised, trained, initiated, prepared, accomplished, expert, adept, dexterous, adroit, apt, handy, ready, quick, masterly.

Moby Thesaurus

able, accomplished, adept, adroit, apt, capable, clever, dexterous, experienced, expert, gifted, masterful, masterly, professional, proficient, qualified, skilled, talented, trained