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Definition: Skilfully |
SkilfullyAdverb1. With skill; "fragments of a nearly complete jug, skillfully restored at the institute of archaeology". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "skilfully" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1321. (references) |
Synonym: SkilfullySynonym: skillfully (adv). (additional references) |
| Thumbnail | Description & Credit |  | Skilfully persuading him at last that a home paper was more suited to his needs. Credit: Library of Congress. |
Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits. | |||
| Title | Author | Quote |
Les Miserables | Hugo, Victor | The redoubt was skilfully made over into a wall within and a thicket without. |
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| "Skilfully" is generally used as an adverb (general) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Skilfully" is used about 293 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Adverb (general) | 100% | 293 | 16,984 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expression using "skilfully": do skilfully. Additional references. | |
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Beginning with "skilfully": skilfully-handled, skilfully-made, skilfully-marketed, skilfully-packaged, skilfully-planned, skilfully-written. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "skilfully"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | باتقان (nicely, perfectly, skillfully). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 熟练地 (skillfully). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | tottuneesti (in an experienced manner), taitavasti (capably, cleverly, with skill), taidolla (with skill). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | habilement (with skill). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | geschickt (able, ably, adept, adroit, agile, agilely, capably, clever, cleverly, competently, cunningly, deft, deftly, dexterous, expert, expertly, glibly, handy, ingenious, neatly, nimble, proficient, shrewd, shrewdly, skilful, skilled, skillful, skillfully). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | abilmente (ably, skillfully). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Korean | 능숙하게 (skillfully). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | ilfullyskay savant (academic, erudite, expert, learned, pedantic, pedantry, savant, scholar, scholarly, scientist, well informed, well read), meşteşugit (artistically, masterly, skilful, skillful, skillfully), mãiestreţ (skillfully), abil (adroit, apt, artful, artistic, artistical, astute, clean, clever, competent, crafty, cunning, deep, deft, dexterous, fit, handy, industrious, knowing, natty, qualified, ready, resourceful, sharp, shifty, skilful, skilled, skillful, skillfully, sly, smart, subtle, swift-handed, versatile). (various references) умело (ably, capably, skillfully). (various references) hábilmente (ably, cleverly, skillfully), diestramente (adeptly, artfully, cleanly, neatly, nimbly), con destreza. (various references) уміло (ably, capably, skillfully), майстерно (artistically, masterfully, masterly, nattily, skillfully, workmanlike). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | callide. (various references) |
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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "f-i-k-l-l-l-s-u-y" | |
-1 letter: skillful. | |
-2 letters: skilful, sulkily. | |
-4 letters: fills, filly, fluky, fulls, fully, fusil, kills, lulls, silky, silly, skill, skull, slily, sulky, sully, yills. | |
-5 letters: fill, fils, flus, full, ilks, ills, illy, kifs, kill, lily, lull, silk, sill, sulk, syli, yill, yuks. | |
| Words containing the letters "f-i-k-l-l-l-s-u-y" | |
+1 letter: skillfully. | |
+3 letters: unskillfully. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)53 6B 69 6C 66 75 6C 6C 79 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references)... -.- .. .-.. ..-. ..- .-.. .-.. -.--. |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01010011 01101011 01101001 01101100 01100110 01110101 01101100 01101100 01111001 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)S k i l f u l l y |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0053 006B 0069 006C 0066 0075 006C 006C 0079 |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)537775787287787891 |
| Language | Coverage | Language Translations |
Arabic | معجم, قاموس, الوضوحية في الشيء, حد, تحديد, تعريف, التحديد, الإيضاحية, ترجمة من لغة أجنبية للغة الأم, ترجمة, إفتتان | العربية, عربي, اللغة العربية, 阿拉伯 , arabialainen, arabe, arabisch, arabo, 아라비아, arabic, арабский, árabe, арабська мова, арабський |
Chinese | 字典 , 定義 , 定义, 翻译 | الصينية, لغة الصين, صيني, الصيني أحد أبناء الصين, 汉语, 中 , 漢 , 中國 , kiinalainen, Chinois, Chinesisch, cinese, 중국, chinezesc, chinezeşte, chinezã, chinez, китайский, китаец, chino, китаянка, китайська мова, китайський, кита"ць |
Finnish | määritelmä, translaatio, taajuusmuutos | اللغة الفنلندية, فنلندية, فنلندي, 芬蘭語 , 芬兰语, suomi, suomalainen, finnois, Finlandaise, finlandais, finnisch, finlandese, 핀란", finlandezã, финский, finlandés, finés, фінська мова, фінський |
French | dictionnaire, définition, traduction | اللغة الفرنسية, فرنسي, الشعب الفرنسي, 法國 , 法文 , 法語 , 法语, ranskalainen, français, französisch, francese, "랑스, francezii, franţuzesc, francezã, francez, franţuzeşte, французский, francés, французька мова, французький |
German | Übersetzung, Wörterbuch, Definition | ضرب من الرقص, جرماني, الماني, اللغة الألمانية, المانية, 德语, 德國 , 德文 , 德語 , saksalainen, allemand, tedesco, 독일, neamţ, немецкий, alemán, німкеня, німецький, німець |
Italian | dizionario, definizione, traduzione | الإيطالي, اللغة الإيطالية, إيطالي, شخص إيطالي, 意大利 , 意大利語 , 意大利语, italialainen, italien, italienisch, italiano, 이탈리아, italienesc, italieneşte, italian, italianã, итальянский язык, итальянец, итальянский, італі"ць, італійська мова, італійський, італійка |
Korean | 사 , 의, 번역 | اللغة الكورية, كوري جنوبي, كوري شمالي, كوري, 韩国语, "國 , 朝鮮語 , coréen, koreanisch, Koreaner, 한국, limba coreeanã, coreean, кореец, корейский, coreano, кореянка, коре"ць, корейська мова, корейський |
Romanian | dicţionar, definiţie, determinare, definire, translaţie, traducere, tãlmãcire | 罗马尼亚语, romanialainen, Roumain, rumäne, rumeno, 루마니아, român, румынский, румын, rumano, румунський, румунка, румунська мова, румун |
Russian | словарь, определение, трансляция, сдвиг, перевод, перемещение | روسي, اللغة الروسية, الروسية, 俄語 , 俄文 , 俄语, venäläinen, Russe, russisch, russo, 러시아, русский, ruso, росіянка, росіянин, російська мова, російський |
Spanish | diccionario, definición, traducción | اللغة الأسبانية, الأسبانية, أسباني, 西班牙語 , 西班牙文 , 西班牙语, espanjalainen, espagnol, spanisch, spagnolo, 스페인, spaniol, spaniolesc, spanioleşte, испанский, español, іспанський, іспанська мова |
Ukrainian | словник, довідник, чіткість, тлумачення, виразність, визначення, дефініція, ясність, чітка чутність, процес перекладу, переклад, пояснення, переміщення | أوكراني أحد أبناء أوكرانيا, الأوكراني, 乌克兰, ukrainalainen, ukrainien, ukrainisch, ukrainerin, Ukrainer, ucraino, ucrainean, украинский язык, украинский, украинец украинский, ucranio, український, українець |
English | Dictionary, Definition, Translation | الإنجليزية, الأنكليزي, إنكليزي, ترجمة إنكليزية, اللغة الإنكليزية, 英语, 英國 , 英文 , 英 , 英語 , englantia, englantilainen, anglais, englisch, inglese, 영국, englezesc, английский, inglés, англійський, англійці, англійська мова |
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