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Adjective: skillful  skil-ful
Usage: N. Amer (elsewhere: skilful)
  1. Having or showing knowledge and skill and aptitude
    "a lesser-known but no less skillful composer"; "the effect was achieved by skillful retouching";
    - adept, expert, good, practiced [N. Amer], proficient, skilful [Brit, Cdn], practised [Brit, Cdn]
     
  2. Done with delicacy and skill
    "a skillful bit of craft";
    - nice, skilful [Brit, Cdn], nifty [informal]

See also: precise, skilled

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