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skilfulness|ˈskɪlfʊlnɪs|
Also 5–6 skylful-, 7 skilfulnesse, 8 skill-.
[f. as prec. + -ness.]
†1. The quality of being reasonable. Obs.—0
c1440Promp. Parv. 457/2 Skylfulnesse, racionabilitas.
2. The quality of being skilful; dexterity.
1561Eden tr. Cortes' Arte de Navigar Pref., The experte skylfulnesse of so excellent a Pilot. 1611Bible Ps. lxxviii. 72 He..guided them by the skilfulnesse of his hands. 1660R. Coke Power & Subj. 262 So little avails the skilfulness of the Pilot. 1709Brit. Apollo II. Supernum. No. 1. 2/2 He outstrip'd the Starter in the skillfulness of War. 1768Tucker Lt. Nat. I. ii. xxxv. 336 For want of skilfulness in the pilots. 1885Manch. Exam. 7 Aug. 5/2 A panegyric upon the skilfulness of their administration.
†3. Knowledge of a thing. Obs.
a1656Ussher Ann. (1658) 853 The Iberians had the better of it, through their skilfulnesse of the places. |