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# skilfully

«skilfully» in Mova's school dictionary: **In a way that shows skill and good ability; cleverly and…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 2 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

adverb (skilfully — UK, Australia, NZ, Ireland; skillfully — USA)

### meaning for a pupil

In a way that shows skill and good ability; cleverly and well. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/skilfully/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

In stories it describes how a character does something with expert hands or clever thinking: skilfully dribbling a ball, skilfully avoiding a question. In school reports it praises good work. It tells the reader the action was done well, not by luck.

### examples

- She skilfully dribbled past three defenders. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/skilfully/#x1)
- The surgeon skilfully repaired the broken bone. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/skilfully/#x2)
- The baker skilfully decorated the cake. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/skilfully/#x3)
- He skilfully changed the subject when we asked about the broken window. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/skilfully/#x4)
- The story is skilfully written, with a twist at the end. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/skilfully/#x5)
- The pilot skilfully landed the plane in the wind. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/skilfully/#x6)

### note

Spelling: UK and Commonwealth «skilful, skilfully» (one l after «ski»); US «skillful, skillfully». Adjective: skilful; noun: skill.

### In the corpora

- [Many blind people use sounds more skilfully, partly because the brain rewires and attention is trained; their ears themselves are not stronger.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/myths/3-eyes-and-ears/13/)
- [Sing unto Him a new song; play skilfully amid shouts of joy.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/PSA.486/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «skilfully» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/skilfully/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.