Skillful \Skill"ful\, a. [Written also skilful.]

1. Discerning; reasonable; judicious; cunning. [Obs.]

``Of skillful judgment.'' --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.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)