Skill"ful*ness

Skillful \Skill"ful\, a. [Written also skilful.]
   1. Discerning; reasonable; judicious; cunning. [Obs.] "Of
      skillful judgment." --Chaucer.
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   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.
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            And they shall call the husbandman to mourning, and
            such as are skillful of lamentations to wailing.
                                                  --Amos v. 16.
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   Syn: Expert; skilled; dexterous; adept; masterly; adroit;
        clever; cunning.
        [1913 Webster] -- {Skill"ful*ly}, adv. --
        {Skill"ful*ness}, n.
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