SKILLFUL

nice, skillful

(adjective) done with delicacy and skill; “a nice bit of craft”; “a job requiring nice measurements with a micrometer”; “a nice shot”

adept, expert, good, practiced, proficient, skillful, skilful

(adjective) 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 by skillful retouching”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

Etymology

Adjective

skillful (comparative more skillful, superlative most skillful)

(American spelling) Possessing skill.

Synonyms

• See also skillful

Anagrams

• skilfull

Source: Wiktionary

Skill"ful, a. Etym: [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.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition