Meanings
adjectiveskilful (comparative more skilful, superlative most skilful)
comparative more skilful · superlative most skilful
- Commonwealth and Irish form standard spelling of skillful
More than once have I spoken to willing listeners because of some one who had come under skilful kindly treatment in the hospital at Taiwan-fu.
1915, William Campbell, Sketches from Formosa, Marshall Brothers Limited, page 82
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectivehaving or showing knowledge and skill and aptitude
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Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with skilful
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APA
skilful. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/skilful
MLA
“skilful.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/skilful. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “skilful,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/skilful.
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