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Antonyms for skillfully


Grammar : Adv
Spell : skil-fuhl
Phonetic Transcription : ˈskɪl fəl



Definition of skillfully

Origin :
  • also skilful, early 14c., from skill + -ful. Related: Skillfully; skilfully.
  • As in neatly : adv tidily
  • As in well : adv happily, pleasantly; capably
  • As in cleverly : adv in a dexterous manner
  • As in competently : adv capably
  • As in excellently : adv very well
  • As in gracefully : adv lithely
  • As in intelligently : adv cleverly
  • As in shrewdly : adv astutely
  • As in delicately : adv carefully
Example sentences :
  • All the service he could render, he rendered promptly and skillfully.
  • Extract from : « Life And Adventures Of Martin Chuzzlewit » by Charles Dickens
  • Then lift each plant with a spade or mattock slowly and skillfully.
  • Extract from : « The Mayflower, January, 1905 » by Various
  • All these riots must be the result of a skillfully laid mine.
  • Extract from : « Diary from November 12, 1862, to October 18, 1863 » by Adam Gurowski
  • So skillfully is this done that it is impossible to detect the lines of jointure.
  • Extract from : « Legends of Wailuku » by Charlotte Hapai
  • He caught them skillfully with his right hand, his hat still in his left.
  • Extract from : « Frank Merriwell Down South » by Burt L. Standish
  • It has an alluring plot, and is well and skillfully worked out.
  • Extract from : « The Highgrader » by William MacLeod Raine
  • He unsealed it skillfully by aid of steam, and, on reading it, seemed pleased.
  • Extract from : « The Regent's Daughter » by Alexandre Dumas (Pere)
  • Ah, Josephine, the deed was admirably planned and skillfully executed.
  • Extract from : « City Crimes » by Greenhorn
  • The plan was so skillfully managed that the Roman ships were almost all destroyed.
  • Extract from : « Hannibal » by Jacob Abbott
  • Skillfully had the Chief of the Hundred Valleys chosen his position.
  • Extract from : « The Brass Bell » by Eugne Sue

Synonyms for skillfully

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