Skill″ful (?), a. [Written also skilful.] 1. Discerning; reasonable; judicious; cunning. “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.