What is the meaning of skillful?

Having or showing knowledge and skill and aptitude.
- usage: "adept in handicrafts"; "an adept juggler"; "an expert job"; "a good mechanic"; "a practiced marksman"; "a proficient engineer"; "a lesser-known but no less skillful composer"; "the effect was achieved by skillful retouching"
- synonyms: adept, expert, good, practiced, proficient, skilful
Done with delicacy and skill.
- usage: "a nice bit of craft"; "a job requiring nice measurements with a micrometer"; "a nice shot"
- synonyms: nice

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