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: accomplished with skill
a skillful treatment
skillfulness
noun
Examples of skillful in a Sentence
He is skillful at diplomacy.
an artist skillful in the use of color
the skillful manner in which the doctor and nurses treated the patient
These issues require skillful handling.
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Hiring managers must learn to distinguish between misuse and skillful application to capture a candidate’s ability to tackle real-world challenges.
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Bing Yu Yap, Forbes.com, 4 Apr. 2025
He is known for his skillful wedge game and a booming drive, but at Memorial Park, his whole game coalesced perfectly.
—Ben Morse, CNN Money, 31 Mar. 2025
Lamont has been a skillful steward of the state’s finances and O’Keefe seems to understand how the world works.
—Kevin Rennie, Hartford Courant, 29 Mar. 2025
This skillful painting by Sophie Zhou, a junior at The Kincaid School, was sold for a record $276,000 at the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo's school art competition auction.
—Shafaq Patel, Axios, 19 Mar. 2025
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Bing Yu Yap, Forbes.com, 4 Apr. 2025
He is known for his skillful wedge game and a booming drive, but at Memorial Park, his whole game coalesced perfectly.
—Ben Morse, CNN Money, 31 Mar. 2025
Lamont has been a skillful steward of the state’s finances and O’Keefe seems to understand how the world works.
—Kevin Rennie, Hartford Courant, 29 Mar. 2025
This skillful painting by Sophie Zhou, a junior at The Kincaid School, was sold for a record $276,000 at the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo's school art competition auction.
—Shafaq Patel, Axios, 19 Mar. 2025
See All Example Sentences for skillful
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“Skillful.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/skillful. Accessed 13 Apr. 2025.
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