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  • adjective Alternative form of skilful.

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Examples

  • But such as skilfull are, and cunning Dames indeede, By dayly practise doe it well, yea sure they doe exceede.

    The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation 2003

  • But such as skilfull are, and cunning Dames indeede,

    The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation — Volume 04 Richard Hakluyt 1584

  • I admire the unobtrusively skilfull way Byatt manages a large cast without confusing the reader.

    :Acquired Taste Tim Stretton 2010

  • That we find ourselves in such a position is evidence, I submit, of how little Labour has actually changed since the 1970s and how 'New' Labour has actually been, far from being 'new' in the least, a skilfull exercise in dressing mutton up as lamb, driven by that quintessential 1970s politician Gordon Brown and enthusiastically supported by the bulk of the Labour Party.

    Thirty Years On We Have Stood Still 2008

  • That we find ourselves in such a position is evidence, I submit, of how little Labour has actually changed since the 1970s and how 'New' Labour has actually been, far from being 'new' in the least, a skilfull exercise in dressing mutton up as lamb, driven by that quintessential 1970s politician Gordon Brown and enthusiastically supported by the bulk of the Labour Party.

    Archive 2008-06-08 2008

  • I admire the unobtrusively skilfull way Byatt manages a large cast without confusing the reader.

    Archive 2010-04-01 Tim Stretton 2010

  • Meanwhile we'll have to content ourselves with skilfull circle-jerk fantasies like this.

    Must Watch: First Full Trailer for Jon Favreau's Iron Man 2! « FirstShowing.net 2009

  • Thank god I'm not skilfull enough to sculpt cakes so I probably won't have to worry about him suggesting one of these.

    Such Deers Jen 2009

  • A mention in dispatches for foot soldier Curzon and this reconnaissance and information gathering mission in Waterstone's, Leadenhall Market and also a medal for her quick thinking and skilfull rearrangement of the books which look so nice facing outwards I feel.

    48 entries from October 2007 2007

  • Though the armory clearly displays Smokey's preference for fiery spells, it doesn't show the skilfull ways Smokey applies the Polymorph spell that always saves us from being trampled upon.

    Crossfire: the armory nathreee 2007

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