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English Dictionary: skillfulness by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
skillfulness
n
  1. the state of being cognitively skillful [ant: unskillfulness]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Skillful \Skill"ful\, a. [Written also skilful.]
      1. Discerning; reasonable; judicious; cunning. [Obs.] [bd]Of
            skillful judgment.[b8] --Chaucer.
  
      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.
  
                     And they shall call the husbandman to mourning, and
                     such as are skillful of lamentations to wailing.
                                                                              --Amos v. 16.
  
      Syn: Expert; skilled; dexterous; adept; masterly; adroit;
               clever; cunning. -- {Skill"ful*ly}, adv. --
               {Skill"ful*ness}, n.
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