单词 | skillful |
释义 | skillful —skillfully, adv. —skillfulness, n. /skil"feuhl/, adj. 1. having or exercising skill: a skillful juggler. 2. showing or involving skill: a skillful display of fancy diving. 3. Obs. reasonable; rational. Also, esp. Brit., skilful. [1250-1300; ME; see SKILL1, -FUL] Syn. 1. ready, adroit, deft, adept, apt, clever, ingenious. SKILLFUL, SKILLED, EXPERT refer to readiness and adroitness in an occupation, craft, or art. SKILLFUL suggests esp. adroitness and dexterity: a skillful watchmaker. SKILLED implies having had long experience and thus having acquired a high degree of proficiency: not an amateur but a skilled worker. EXPERT means having the highest degree of proficiency; it may mean much the same as SKILLFUL or SKILLED, or both: expert workmanship. See also dexterous. Ant. 1. awkward, clumsy, amateurish. |
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