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# skillfully

«skillfully» in Mova's school dictionary: **In a way that shows skill; doing a task well, with care…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

adverb (skillfully)

### meaning for a pupil

In a way that shows skill; doing a task well, with care and talent. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/skillfully/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

in the lessons a strong character works a tool as well as a man would, as when a woman swings an axe skillfully

### examples

- She cut the rope skillfully. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/skillfully/#x1)
- The chef chopped the onions skillfully. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/skillfully/#x2)
- He steered the boat skillfully between the rocks. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/skillfully/#x3)
- The girl skillfully mended the torn kite. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/skillfully/#x4)

### note

nothing for maths

### Trees and pragmatics

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