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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Skillful \Skill"ful\, a. [Written also skilful.]
     1. Discerning; reasonable; judicious; cunning. [Obs.] "Of
        skillful judgment." --Chaucer.
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     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.
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              And they shall call the husbandman to mourning, and
              such as are skillful of lamentations to wailing.
                                                    --Amos v. 16.
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     Syn: Expert; skilled; dexterous; adept; masterly; adroit;
          clever; cunning.
          [1913 Webster] -- {Skill"ful*ly}, adv. --
          {Skill"ful*ness}, n.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  skillfulness
       n : the state of being cognitively skillful [ant: {unskillfulness}]

















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