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Definition of Skillful
Skillful

Discerning; reasonable; judicious; cunning.

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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Skillful Quotations

Men make history and not the other way around. In periods where there is no leadership, society stands still. Progress occurs when courageous, skillful leaders seize the opportunity to change things for the better.
Harry S. Truman

By the skillful and sustained use of propaganda, one can make a people see even heaven as hell or an extremely wretched life as paradise.
Adolf Hitler

Although a skillful flatterer is a most delightful companion if you have him all to yourself, his taste becomes very doubtful when he takes to complimenting other people.
Charles Dickens

On landing at New York I caught the yellow fever. The kind man who commanded the ship that brought me from France took charge of me and placed me under the care of two Quaker ladies. To their skillful and untiring care I may safely say I owe my life.
John James Audubon

The greater the difficulty the more glory in surmounting it. Skillful pilots gain their reputation from storms and tempests.
Epictetus

Skillful Translations

skillful in Afrikaans is kunstig
skillful in Dutch is bekwaam, behendig, bedreven, handig
skillful in Finnish is taitava
skillful in French is habile, adroit
skillful in German is geschickt
skillful in Italian is lesto, sveglio, esperto
skillful in Latin is sollers, artificiosus
skillful in Swedish is skicklig


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