If you're skillful, you're very good at some particular thing. A skillful debater might have a successful career in politics, while a skillful baker could make the best brownies you've ever tasted.
Discerning; reasonable; judicious; cunning.
Adjective S.
done with delicacy and skill; "a nice bit of craft"; "a job requiring nice measurements with a micrometer"; "a nice shot"
Adjective S.
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 b
a.
Discerning; reasonable; judicious; cunning.
a.
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.
Skillful
And they shall call the husbandman to mourning, and such as are skillful of lamentations to wailing.
Discerning; reasonable; judicious; cunning.
Usage Examples
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.
History is filled with tragic examples of wars that result from diplomatic impasse. Whether in our local communities or in international relations, the skillful use of our communicative capacities to negotiate and resolve differences is the first evidence of human wisdom.
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Other Usage ExamplesNo amount of skillful invention can replace the essential element of imagination.
I know how easy it is for one to stay well within moral, ethical, and legal bounds through the skillful use of words - and to thereby spin, sidestep, circumvent, or bend a truth completely out of shape. To that extent, we are all liars on numerous occasions.
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