'Skillfully' definitions:
Definition of 'skillfully'
(from WordNet)
adverb
With skill; "fragments of a nearly complete jug, skillfully restored at the institute of archaeology" [syn: skillfully, skilfully]
Definition of 'Skillfully'
From: GCIDE
- Skillful \Skill"ful\, a. [Written also skilful.]
- 1. Discerning; reasonable; judicious; cunning. [Obs.] "Of skillful judgment." --Chaucer. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Possessed of, or displaying, skill; knowing and ready; expert; well-versed; able in management; as, a skillful mechanic; -- often followed by at, in, or of; as, skillful at the organ; skillful in drawing. [1913 Webster]
- And they shall call the husbandman to mourning, and such as are skillful of lamentations to wailing. --Amos v. 16. [1913 Webster]
- Syn: Expert; skilled; dexterous; adept; masterly; adroit; clever; cunning. [1913 Webster] -- {Skill"ful*ly}, adv. -- {Skill"ful*ness}, n. [1913 Webster]