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skillfulness |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Skillful \Skill"ful\, a. [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. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: skillfulness n : the state of being cognitively skillful [ant: {unskillfulness}]
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