SKILLY

skilly

(noun) a thin porridge or soup (usually oatmeal and water flavored with meat)

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology 1

Shortening.

Noun

skilly (uncountable)

(obsolete, nautical) Skillygalee.

Etymology 2

Adjective

skilly (comparative more skilly, superlative most skilly)

(Scotland, northern England) Skilled, skilful.

Source: Wiktionary



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HEEDLESS

(adjective) marked by or paying little heed or attention; “We have always known that heedless self-interest was bad morals; we know now that it is bad economics”--Franklin D. Roosevelt; “heedless of danger”; “heedless of the child’s crying”


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