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skillful

adjective (skillful, more skillful, most skillful; also spelt skilful in British English)

«skillful» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

Everyday

Skillful means very good at doing something with the hands or the mind, because you have practised or have a gift for it. tree →
(old use) Skillful can describe a clever person who can find a way out of trouble. tree →

In the lessons

in the lessons a skillful person is one who wins a contest or outwits others by cleverness, as the fisher does in the tale of the happy hunter

Examples

She is a skillful painter. tree →
The skillful fisher caught more fish than anyone. tree →
You must be skillful to thread a needle this small. tree →
Mum is skillful at baking bread. tree →

Note

nothing for maths

On Mova

Trees and pragmatics of «skillful» in the school dictionary: every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
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