skeely

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adjective

Skilful.

OriginScots skeely →
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Meanings

adjectiveskeely (comparative skeelier, superlative skeeliest)

comparative skeelier · superlative skeeliest

  1. ScotlandSkilful.

    “I now enjoy more flattering company than you ever provided—a fine, fine woman, McCandless, who owes her life to these fingers of mine—these skeely, skeely fingers!”

    1992, Alasdair Gray, Poor Things, Bloomsbury, published 2002, page 27

Origin

  1. Scotsskeely
  2. Englishskeely

From Scots skeely, Scottish form of skilly.

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APA

skeely. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/skeely

MLA

“skeely.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/skeely. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “skeely,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/skeely.

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