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How to pronounce skillful in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms nice
Type Words
Synonyms adept, expert, good, practiced, proficient, skilful
Derivation skillfulness


a lesser-known but no less skillful composer.
the effect was achieved by skillful retouching.

Examples of skillful

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Noah is especially winning as the at-times willful, magically skillful goldfish.
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There are ways to remind voters of that, ways more skillful than Conway adopted.
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It is superb how skillful people can handle an understandable mission like this.
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How can common citizens procure skillful dating Mission Viejo discussion groups?
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In my view they were the most skillful handlers of the press since the New Deal.
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Despite the lofty alcohol and dry approach, skillful winemaking provides balance.
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This was a skillful game in the conditions with good team work from both sides.
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It was a skillful balancing act that allowed each ingredient to emerge cleanly.
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If he were a skillful politician, giving him tons of juice wouldn't seem scary.
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More examples
  • Adept: 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"
  • Nice: done with delicacy and skill; "a nice bit of craft"; "a job requiring nice measurements with a micrometer"; "a nice shot"
  • (skillfully) with skill; "fragments of a nearly complete jug, skillfully restored at the institute of archaeology"
  • (skillfulness) the state of being cognitively skillful
  • A skill is the learned capacity to carry out pre-determined results often with the minimum outlay of time, energy, or both. Skills can often be divided into domain-general and domain-specific skills. ...
  • Possessing skill