Skilful
adjective
Very good at doing something that involves special ability or training.
She is skilful at playing the piano.
Often appears as...
- skilful player
- skilful worker
adjective
Done or made very well.
This is a skilful piece of work.
Often appears as...
- skilful craftsmanship
- skilful operation
adjective
Very good at doing something that involves special ability or training.
She is skilful at playing the piano.
Often appears as...
- skilful player
- skilful worker
adjective
Done or made very well.
This is a skilful piece of work.
Often appears as...
- skilful craftsmanship
- skilful operation
Definition 1 of 2
Pro Tip 1/3Skill Context
Use 'skilful' to describe talent in complex tasks, where training and practice are evident.
Her skilful negotiation saved the deal.
Pro Tip 2/3Positive Connotation
'Skilful' implies admiration for someone's exceptional ability in a particular domain.
He received an award for his skilful leadership.
Pro Tip 3/3Action-Oriented
Best used with verbs that involve action, suggesting competence in performing tasks.
Skilful writing earned her the journalist's job.
Pro Tip 1/3Skill Context
Use 'skilful' to describe talent in complex tasks, where training and practice are evident.
Her skilful negotiation saved the deal.
Pro Tip 2/3Positive Connotation
'Skilful' implies admiration for someone's exceptional ability in a particular domain.
He received an award for his skilful leadership.
Pro Tip 3/3Action-Oriented
Best used with verbs that involve action, suggesting competence in performing tasks.
Skilful writing earned her the journalist's job.
Pro Tip 1/3Skill Context
Use 'skilful' to describe talent in complex tasks, where training and practice are evident.
Her skilful negotiation saved the deal.
Pro Tip 2/3Positive Connotation
'Skilful' implies admiration for someone's exceptional ability in a particular domain.
He received an award for his skilful leadership.
Pro Tip 3/3Action-Oriented
Best used with verbs that involve action, suggesting competence in performing tasks.
Skilful writing earned her the journalist's job.
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Safari Live - Day 380 PIPE...
after years of hunting with the pride we discussed it earlier to three years and so they're regarded as adults they learned in that entire time how it's done and the lionesses are very very skillful and they're very very good at helping and they just know what to do you'll have individuals that will know
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Safari Live - Day 261 PIPE...
you might have experienced quite a lot of difficulties that is why he is so skillful while still very young so if they lose their mothers while they're still young leopard they they can be very much solitary and they've got to do everything just by themselves so with the help of the mother they can
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Gavin Schmidt: The...
They're always approximations. The question you have to ask is whether a model tells you more information than you would have had otherwise. If it does, it's skillful. This is the impact of the ozone hole on sea level pressure, so low pressure, high pressures,
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How to turn climate...
after years of straddling these worlds between environment and climate and psychology, that this actually is a missing ingredient in our work that can exponentially accelerate our capacities to be creative and resilient and capable and skillful and courageous
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The myth of Icarus and...
and the first dance floor. He made sculptures so lifelike that Hercules mistook them for actual men. Though skilled and celebrated, Daedalus was egotistical and jealous. Worried that his nephew was a more skillful craftsman, Daedalus murdered him.
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Safari Live - Day 226 PIPE...
and this skillful spotted cat spoiled the chances of catching the prey due to his youthful impatience life in the bush is never easy the unsuccessful hunting activities of husana we took place during the week has just confirmed
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How brass instruments...
What started as a deep breath and a vibrating buzz on the lips has now been transformed into a bold and brassy tune. The musician's skillful manipulation of every part of the process from lungs, to lips, to the mouthpiece,
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How interpreters juggle...
Success is heavily dependent on skillful collaboration. Language is complex, and when abstract or nuanced concepts get lost in translation, the consequences may be catastrophic.
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BBC Earth 50 Top Natural...
the mail doesn't seem quite so skillful oh dear luckily she can put things right
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These Ancient Birds Have...
The male doesn't seem quite so skilful. Oh, dear.
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Safari Live - Day 380 PIPE...
after years of hunting with the pride we discussed it earlier to three years and so they're regarded as adults they learned in that entire time how it's done and the lionesses are very very skillful and they're very very good at helping and they just know what to do you'll have individuals that will know
Video examples
Safari Live - Day 261 PIPE...
you might have experienced quite a lot of difficulties that is why he is so skillful while still very young so if they lose their mothers while they're still young leopard they they can be very much solitary and they've got to do everything just by themselves so with the help of the mother they can
Video examples
Gavin Schmidt: The...
They're always approximations. The question you have to ask is whether a model tells you more information than you would have had otherwise. If it does, it's skillful. This is the impact of the ozone hole on sea level pressure, so low pressure, high pressures,
Video examples
How to turn climate...
after years of straddling these worlds between environment and climate and psychology, that this actually is a missing ingredient in our work that can exponentially accelerate our capacities to be creative and resilient and capable and skillful and courageous
Video examples
The myth of Icarus and...
and the first dance floor. He made sculptures so lifelike that Hercules mistook them for actual men. Though skilled and celebrated, Daedalus was egotistical and jealous. Worried that his nephew was a more skillful craftsman, Daedalus murdered him.
Video examples
Safari Live - Day 226 PIPE...
and this skillful spotted cat spoiled the chances of catching the prey due to his youthful impatience life in the bush is never easy the unsuccessful hunting activities of husana we took place during the week has just confirmed
Video examples
How brass instruments...
What started as a deep breath and a vibrating buzz on the lips has now been transformed into a bold and brassy tune. The musician's skillful manipulation of every part of the process from lungs, to lips, to the mouthpiece,
Video examples
How interpreters juggle...
Success is heavily dependent on skillful collaboration. Language is complex, and when abstract or nuanced concepts get lost in translation, the consequences may be catastrophic.
Video examples
BBC Earth 50 Top Natural...
the mail doesn't seem quite so skillful oh dear luckily she can put things right
Video examples
These Ancient Birds Have...
The male doesn't seem quite so skilful. Oh, dear.
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Quote examples
Wong Kar-wai
Chinese Director
Some actors like encouragement. Some actors prefer to have pressure. And sometimes, for some actors, its better to give your comment by silence, because they are so skillful, so gifted, that they understand without talking too much.
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Harry S Truman
American President
Men make history and not the other way around. In periods where there is no leadership, society stands still. Progress occurs when courageous, skillful leaders seize the opportunity to change things for the better.
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Yasmine Hamdan
Lebanese Musician
When I imagine feminine characters in my songs, they're often bold, strong, passionate, militant, witty, sensual, dangerous. I see those characters as skillful witnesses, figures of change and awakening.
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Charles Dickens
English Novelist
Although a skillful flatterer is a most delightful companion if you have him all to yourself, his taste becomes very doubtful when he takes to complimenting other people.
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Sun Tzu
Chinese Philosopher
Hence that general is skilful in attack whose opponent does not know what to defend; and he is skilful in defense whose opponent does not know what to attack.
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Joan Halifax
American Activist
Developing our capacity for compassion makes it possible for us to help others in a more skillful and effective way. And compassion helps us as well.
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Sergio Ramos
Spanish Athlete
Harry Kane, for example, is a really physical striker but also really skilful. He surprises lot of defenders, but he won't surprise me.
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Orison Swett Marden
American Writer
When God calls a man to be upright and pure and generous, he also calls him to be intelligent and skillful, and strong and brave.
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Pele
Brazilian Athlete
Lionel Messi is a wonderful player. Very skillful. Highly intelligent. He is not good in the air.
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Jamie Redknapp
English Athlete
You've got to do it all, the physical as well as the skilful.
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Wong Kar-wai
Chinese Director
Some actors like encouragement. Some actors prefer to have pressure. And sometimes, for some actors, its better to give your comment by silence, because they are so skillful, so gifted, that they understand without talking too much.
Quote examples
Harry S Truman
American President
Men make history and not the other way around. In periods where there is no leadership, society stands still. Progress occurs when courageous, skillful leaders seize the opportunity to change things for the better.
Quote examples
Yasmine Hamdan
Lebanese Musician
When I imagine feminine characters in my songs, they're often bold, strong, passionate, militant, witty, sensual, dangerous. I see those characters as skillful witnesses, figures of change and awakening.
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Charles Dickens
English Novelist
Although a skillful flatterer is a most delightful companion if you have him all to yourself, his taste becomes very doubtful when he takes to complimenting other people.
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Sun Tzu
Chinese Philosopher
Hence that general is skilful in attack whose opponent does not know what to defend; and he is skilful in defense whose opponent does not know what to attack.
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Joan Halifax
American Activist
Developing our capacity for compassion makes it possible for us to help others in a more skillful and effective way. And compassion helps us as well.
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Sergio Ramos
Spanish Athlete
Harry Kane, for example, is a really physical striker but also really skilful. He surprises lot of defenders, but he won't surprise me.
Quote examples
Orison Swett Marden
American Writer
When God calls a man to be upright and pure and generous, he also calls him to be intelligent and skillful, and strong and brave.
Quote examples
Pele
Brazilian Athlete
Lionel Messi is a wonderful player. Very skillful. Highly intelligent. He is not good in the air.
Quote examples
Jamie Redknapp
English Athlete
You've got to do it all, the physical as well as the skilful.
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