having or showing knowledge and skill and aptitude;
"adept in handicrafts"; "an adept juggler"; "an expert job"; "a good mechanic"; "a practiced marksman"; "a proficient engineer"; "a lesser-known but no less skillful composer"; "the effect was achieved by skillful retouching" Synonym(s):adept, expert, good, practiced, proficient, skillful, skilful
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: