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