adv
Meaning 1
In a skillful manner; with skill.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
skillfully
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
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/ˈskɪlfəli/
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CMU ARPABET: S K IH1 L F AH0 L IY0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
adverb
Meaning 2
with skill
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- fragments of a nearly complete jug, skillfully restored at the institute of archaeology
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: skilfully
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
From Middle English skilfully, skylfully, skilfulliche, equivalent to skillful + -ly.
Across languages
Translations
10 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Catalan: hàbilment — in a skillful manner
- Esperanto: lerte — in a skillful manner
- Galician: habilmente — in a skillful manner
- German: geschickt — in a skillful manner
- Ancient Greek: ἐπισταμένως (epistaménōs) — in a skillful manner
- Hungarian: ügyesen — in a skillful manner
- Korean: 익히 (ikhi) — in a skillful manner
- Middle English: sleighly — in a skillful manner
- Middle English: douȝtily — in a skillful manner
- Swedish: skickligt — in a skillful manner