English

edit

Pronunciation

edit
  • IPA(key): /ˈskɪlfəl/
  • Audio (US):(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɪlfəl

Adjective

edit

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

edit

Translations

edit