skillfully

In expert fashion

Skillfully means with skill—showing expertise, dexterity, or practiced ability: She skillfully navigated the conversation away from politics, The surgeon skillfully repaired the damaged tendon.

The word implies competence gained through training or experience rather than luck.

Also spelled skilfully in British English.

technique

dexterously

With skilled coordination

deftly · nimbly · handily · competently · capably · efficiently · smoothly · fluidly · seamlessly · effortlessly

precision

meticulously

With extreme care

carefully · delicately · surgically · methodically · painstakingly · scrupulously · attentively · finely · neatly · cleanly

creativity

ingeniously

With inventive skill

cleverly · resourcefully · artistically · expressively · originally · brilliantly · inspired · intuitively · perceptively · insightfully

mastery

consummately

In a perfect manner

impeccably · supremely · magnificently · brilliantly · sublimely · transcendently · peerlessly · matchlessly · prodigiously · phenomenally

Categories
Opposites
competence and proficiency

skillfullyincompetently

Without adequate skill

ineptly · inexpertly · poorly · unskillfully · amateurishly

grace and coordination

skillfullyclumsily

In an uncoordinated manner

awkwardly · maladroitly · ungainly · ham-handedly · fumblingly

refinement and craft

skillfullycrudely

In unrefined manner

artlessly · roughly · coarsely · inartistically · inelegantly

Family

skillful, skillfulness

Familiarity
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Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Abstract · Positive · Everyday, not technical · Rated G