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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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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.
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Shafaq Patel, Axios, 19 Mar. 2025
This hints that, yes, skillful storytellers may actually live longer.
—Ron Shachar, Scientific American, 7 Mar. 2025
Anderson makes that suspension of disbelief easy enough, however, through skillful orchestration of atmospheric and action-ful eye candy.
—Dennis Harvey, Variety, 6 Mar. 2025
Actors as skillful as Ruffalo and Toni Collette, the craven leader Marshall’s imperious wife, come off pretty pushy here.
—Michael Phillips, Chicago Tribune, 6 Mar. 2025
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Shafaq Patel, Axios, 19 Mar. 2025
This hints that, yes, skillful storytellers may actually live longer.
—Ron Shachar, Scientific American, 7 Mar. 2025
Anderson makes that suspension of disbelief easy enough, however, through skillful orchestration of atmospheric and action-ful eye candy.
—Dennis Harvey, Variety, 6 Mar. 2025
Actors as skillful as Ruffalo and Toni Collette, the craven leader Marshall’s imperious wife, come off pretty pushy here.
—Michael Phillips, Chicago Tribune, 6 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 29 Mar. 2025.
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