skilful

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈskɪlfəl/

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• Rhymes: -ɪlfəl

Adjective

skilful (comparative more skilful, superlative most skilful)

1. Non-US (including but not limited to Australian, British, Canadian, Irish, Jamaican, South African and New Zealand) standard spelling of skillful.
   • 1915, William Campbell, Sketches from Formosa‎^[1], Marshall Brothers Limited, page 82:

     More than once have I spoken to willing listeners because of some one who had come under skilful kindly treatment in the hospital at Taiwan-fu.

Derived terms

• skilfully

Translations

possessing skill, skilled — see skillful