skilfuladj.adv.

/ˈskɪlfʊl/

Forms: Middle English sceluol, skileful; Middle English–1500s skylful, Middle English–1500s skylfull(e, 1500s skyllfull; Middle English skilfulle, Middle English–1600s skilfull, Middle English– skilful (1500s, 1800s– (chiefly U.S.) skillful, 1800s Scottish skeelfu').

Etymology: < skill n.¹ + -ful suffix.

†1.

a. Endowed with reason; rational; also, following reason, doing right. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > understanding > reason, faculty of reasoning > [adjective]

wittyc1300

reasonablec1350

skillwise1357

skilfulc1380

rationala1398

rationablec1480

reasonedc1487

logicala1652

c1380 Lay Folks Catech. (Lamb. MS.) 19 He made skylful creaturis as angelys and man.

a1400 St. Erkenwolde 278 in Horstm. Altengl. Leg. (1881) 272 For as he says in his sothe psalmyde writtes: Þe skilfulle & þe vnskathely skeltone ay to me.

a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 21334 Mai na skilful man þis wern.

c1440 York Myst. iii. 22 A skylfull beeste þan will y make, Aftir my shappe and my liknesse.

†b. Intellectual, mental. Obsolete. rare.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > intellect > [adjective]

intellectualc1454

intellectivea1475

skilful1532

dianoetical1570

intelligential1611

noetical1644

noetic1653

dianoetic1677

intellectile1677

spiritual1701

mental1840

noematic1860

1532 (c1385) Usk's Test. Loue in Wks. G. Chaucer iii. f. ccclviii Dul ben thy skilful vnderstandinges, thy wyl hath thy wyt so amaistred.

†2.

a. Reasonable, just, proper. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

society > morality > rightness or justice > [adjective]

righteOE

rightfula1225

skilful1340

veryc1440

justc1450

fair-minded1645

dextera1734

just-minded1825

square dinkum1888

fair dinkum1912

1340 Ayenbite (1866) 169 Mochel is riȝtuol þing and sceluol þet ich yeue mi lif..uor him þet his lif..yaf uor ous.

a1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden Polychron. (St. John's Cambr.) (1872) IV. 215 He was nevere so wroþ wiþ man þat he ne wolde forȝeve ȝif he seigh skilful occasioun.

c1400 W. Hylton Scala Perfeccionis (1494) i. lxx Neuertheles it was worthy and skylfull that our lorde sholde shew as he is.

a1500 (a1475) G. Ashby Dicta Philosophorum l. 831 in Poems (1899) 80 It is nat leful..to be serued, but serue skylful Thinges.

†b. Of stature or distance. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > order > agreement, harmony, or congruity > suitability or appropriateness > [adjective] > of appropriate size or amount

meeta1325

skilful1387

reasonablec1405

equala1674

1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden Polychron. (Rolls) VII. 315 Kyng William was of skilful stature, to greet and fat of body.

a1425 Edward, Duke of York Master of Game (Digby) xxv Þei ought tary till þei are were þat he be entered two skylfull boweshotes.

a1513 R. Fabyan New Cronycles Eng. & Fraunce (1516) I. ccxxii. f. cxliiii A man of skylfull stature, but somedele fat in y^e bely.

†3. Sufficient, ample. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > quantity > sufficient quantity, amount, or degree > [adjective]

enoughOE

enowOE

goodOE

suffisanta1340

skilfula1350

sufficientc1380

duea1398

aboundable?1440

competentc1440

suffiand1456

sufficient1539

answerable1551

honourable1590

sufficinga1616

well1673

undeficient1854

a1350 St. Nicholas 190 in Horstm. Altengl. Leg. (1881) 13 In þat ȝere þai had none nede, Bot skilfull both to mete and sede.

a. Having practical ability; possessing skill; expert, dexterous, clever. Also const. to.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > ability > skill or skilfulness > [adjective]

prettyOE

hagherc1175

slyc1175

skilful1338

cunning1382

subtlec1390

subtilea1393

appertise1484

sleighta1513

practicatec1550

skilled1552

right-sided1575

canny1628

skilly1768

Oorlam1881

heads up1913

shit-hot1942

multi-skill1970

1338 R. Mannyng Chron. (1810) 311 At conseil & at nede he was a skilfulle kyng.

a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Fairf. 14) l. 27156 (MED) Prest agh be..skilful to knaw þe pliȝt, quilc is heui & quilk is liȝt.

1560 J. Daus tr. J. Sleidane Commentaries f. lxxxij^v A Captaine of the Sea, moste skylfull.

1587 Sir P. Sidney & A. Golding tr. P. de Mornay Trewnesse Christian Relig. v. 56 Of men themselues, the skilfullest make Lawes, and take vpon them to rule others.

1609 W. Shakespeare Troilus & Cressida i. i. 7 The Greeks are strong and skilfull to their strength.

1660 W. Secker Nonsuch Professor Pref. sig. Aa^v Where there are any faults men are more skilful to find them, then careful to mend them.

1750 tr. C. Leonardus Mirror of Stones 44 Many other deceptions may be effected..which are all known to the skilful.

1796 J. Morse Amer. Universal Geogr. (new ed.) I. 21 Having always his descriptions from the most skilful persons in every country.

1813 P. B. Shelley Queen Mab vii. 86 Human pride Is skilful to invent most serious names To hide its ignorance.

1871 B. Jowett tr. Plato Dialogues I. 83 One who had been trained and exercised under a skilful master.

1891 J. W. Stevens Leather Manuf. vii. 75 There are several machines for this work each of which will perform satisfactory work when managed by skillful hands.

absolute.1837 T. Carlyle French Revol. I. i. iii. 24 In these delicate circumstances,..the skilfullest may falter.

b. Const. in a matter.

ΚΠ

1555 R. Eden tr. Peter Martyr of Angleria Decades of Newe Worlde i. ii. f. 10 If he had byn skilfull in Astronomye.

1593 R. Hooker Of Lawes Eccl. Politie Pref. 11 The perfectest diuines were iudged they, which were skilfullest in Caluins writinges.

1662 E. Stillingfleet Origines Sacræ i. vi. §1 Among the Ægyptians who are supposed most skilfull in the account of the year.

1879 Cassell's Techn. Educator (new ed.) I. 174/2 The Chinese are very skilful in this kind of work.

†c. Having a good knowledge of a subject. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > knowledge, what is known > familiarity > [adjective] > knowing about, familiar with

craftyOE

slyc1175

coutha1225

well acquainteda1250

privyc1300

cunningc1325

well-groundeda1438

acquainted?a1439

familiar1509

at home1531

overseen1533

intelligent1546

long-experienced1567

conversant1573

skilful1596

accomplished1603

frequent1609

well (better, best) verseda1610

understanding1612

sound1615

studieda1616

technical1617

versed1622

conversing1724

versant1787

on intimate habits1809

special1830

inquainted1849

pre-acquainted1907

sophisticated1952

1596 E. Spenser Second Pt. Faerie Queene vi. v. sig. Dd [He] vpon him set, of perill nought adrad, Ne skilfull of the vncouth ieopardy.

1610 Bible (Douay) II. Dan. comm. Daniel skilful of times, a studious historiographer.

1631 J. Weever Anc. Funerall Monuments 251 Very skilfull of the Greeke and Latine tongues.

5. Displaying or requiring skill.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > ability > skill or skilfulness > [adjective] > displaying or requiring skill

well-doneeOE

craftyOE

craftful?c1335

craftsmanlike1547

skilfulc1595

artist1603

skilled1776

knowing1793

c1595 Countess of Pembroke Psalme xlvii. 15 in Coll. Wks. (1998) II. 42 With [MSS K, χ: In] skilfull song [MSS K, χ: tunes] his praises sing.

1605 J. Sylvester tr. G. de S. Du Bartas Deuine Weekes & Wks. ii. i. 283 For..he made onely sweet Essayes in that, Of skilfull industrie.

1757 W. Wilkie Epigoniad Pref. p. xvi He should magnify them likewise by a skilful management of outward circumstances.

1794 R. Burns Poems & Songs (1968) II. 9 Let minstrels sweep the skillfu' string, In lordly, lighted ha'.

1805 Med. & Physical Jrnl. 14 416 The skilful manner in which they treated their patient.

1856 E. K. Kane Arctic Explor. I. xxiii. 309 It was made of the bone of a whale, and worked out with skilful labor.

1895 Gentleman's Mag. July 581/2 Irony..is one of those edged tools which require skilful handling.

1952 G. Sarton Hist. Sci. I. ix. 225 The power of Athens was based..also..upon the skillful use of all the resources that such places as Delos and Delphi offered.

1969 R. B. Fuller Operating Man. Spaceship Earth i. 19 The myriad of physical, muscle, and craft-skill specializations which their intellect and their skillful swordplay commanded.

1972 P. H. Kocher Master of Middle-Earth ii. 25 Their skillful blending as achieved by Tolkien requires some sophistication of understanding.

†6. As adv. = skilfully adv. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > understanding > reason, faculty of reasoning > [adverb]

with reasonc1300

skilfullyc1325

skillwiselya1340

skilfula1400

reasonablyc1400

of reason1405

in reasona1450

upon reasonc1450

reasonfully1532

justlya1538

rationablya1540

reasonally1567

reasonable1573

as soon (as)1579

rationally1610

to reason1613

rational1662

correctlya1704

rightly1703

upon the weight of1710

legitimately1794

well-foundedly?1841

tarblish1842

sanely1884

a1400–50 Alexander 645 Þus skilfull lange he scolaid & þe scole vsed.

a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Trin. Cambr.) l. 3742 Skilful is iacob his nome þat is to say in riȝt langage Putter out of heritage.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1911; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	skilful
释义	skilfuladj.adv. /ˈskɪlfʊl/ Forms: Middle English sceluol, skileful; Middle English–1500s skylful, Middle English–1500s skylfull(e, 1500s skyllfull; Middle English skilfulle, Middle English–1600s skilfull, Middle English– skilful (1500s, 1800s– (chiefly U.S.) skillful, 1800s Scottish skeelfu'). Etymology: < skill n.¹ + -ful suffix. †1. a. Endowed with reason; rational; also, following reason, doing right. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > understanding > reason, faculty of reasoning > [adjective] wittyc1300 reasonablec1350 skillwise1357 skilfulc1380 rationala1398 rationablec1480 reasonedc1487 logicala1652 c1380 Lay Folks Catech. (Lamb. MS.) 19 He made skylful creaturis as angelys and man. a1400 St. Erkenwolde 278 in Horstm. Altengl. Leg. (1881) 272 For as he says in his sothe psalmyde writtes: Þe skilfulle & þe vnskathely skeltone ay to me. a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 21334 Mai na skilful man þis wern. c1440 York Myst. iii. 22 A skylfull beeste þan will y make, Aftir my shappe and my liknesse. †b. Intellectual, mental. Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > intellect > [adjective] intellectualc1454 intellectivea1475 skilful1532 dianoetical1570 intelligential1611 noetical1644 noetic1653 dianoetic1677 intellectile1677 spiritual1701 mental1840 noematic1860 1532 (c1385) Usk's Test. Loue in Wks. G. Chaucer iii. f. ccclviii Dul ben thy skilful vnderstandinges, thy wyl hath thy wyt so amaistred. †2. a. Reasonable, just, proper. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > morality > rightness or justice > [adjective] righteOE rightfula1225 skilful1340 veryc1440 justc1450 fair-minded1645 dextera1734 just-minded1825 square dinkum1888 fair dinkum1912 1340 Ayenbite (1866) 169 Mochel is riȝtuol þing and sceluol þet ich yeue mi lif..uor him þet his lif..yaf uor ous. a1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden Polychron. (St. John's Cambr.) (1872) IV. 215 He was nevere so wroþ wiþ man þat he ne wolde forȝeve ȝif he seigh skilful occasioun. c1400 W. Hylton Scala Perfeccionis (1494) i. lxx Neuertheles it was worthy and skylfull that our lorde sholde shew as he is. a1500 (a1475) G. Ashby Dicta Philosophorum l. 831 in Poems (1899) 80 It is nat leful..to be serued, but serue skylful Thinges. †b. Of stature or distance. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > order > agreement, harmony, or congruity > suitability or appropriateness > [adjective] > of appropriate size or amount meeta1325 skilful1387 reasonablec1405 equala1674 1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden Polychron. (Rolls) VII. 315 Kyng William was of skilful stature, to greet and fat of body. a1425 Edward, Duke of York Master of Game (Digby) xxv Þei ought tary till þei are were þat he be entered two skylfull boweshotes. a1513 R. Fabyan New Cronycles Eng. & Fraunce (1516) I. ccxxii. f. cxliiii A man of skylfull stature, but somedele fat in y^e bely. †3. Sufficient, ample. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > quantity > sufficient quantity, amount, or degree > [adjective] enoughOE enowOE goodOE suffisanta1340 skilfula1350 sufficientc1380 duea1398 aboundable?1440 competentc1440 suffiand1456 sufficient1539 answerable1551 honourable1590 sufficinga1616 well1673 undeficient1854 a1350 St. Nicholas 190 in Horstm. Altengl. Leg. (1881) 13 In þat ȝere þai had none nede, Bot skilfull both to mete and sede. 4. a. Having practical ability; possessing skill; expert, dexterous, clever. Also const. to. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > ability > skill or skilfulness > [adjective] prettyOE hagherc1175 slyc1175 skilful1338 cunning1382 subtlec1390 subtilea1393 appertise1484 sleighta1513 practicatec1550 skilled1552 right-sided1575 canny1628 skilly1768 Oorlam1881 heads up1913 shit-hot1942 multi-skill1970 1338 R. Mannyng Chron. (1810) 311 At conseil & at nede he was a skilfulle kyng. a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Fairf. 14) l. 27156 (MED) Prest agh be..skilful to knaw þe pliȝt, quilc is heui & quilk is liȝt. 1560 J. Daus tr. J. Sleidane Commentaries f. lxxxij^v A Captaine of the Sea, moste skylfull. 1587 Sir P. Sidney & A. Golding tr. P. de Mornay Trewnesse Christian Relig. v. 56 Of men themselues, the skilfullest make Lawes, and take vpon them to rule others. 1609 W. Shakespeare Troilus & Cressida i. i. 7 The Greeks are strong and skilfull to their strength. View more context for this quotation 1660 W. Secker Nonsuch Professor Pref. sig. Aa^v Where there are any faults men are more skilful to find them, then careful to mend them. 1750 tr. C. Leonardus Mirror of Stones 44 Many other deceptions may be effected..which are all known to the skilful. 1796 J. Morse Amer. Universal Geogr. (new ed.) I. 21 Having always his descriptions from the most skilful persons in every country. 1813 P. B. Shelley Queen Mab vii. 86 Human pride Is skilful to invent most serious names To hide its ignorance. 1871 B. Jowett tr. Plato Dialogues I. 83 One who had been trained and exercised under a skilful master. 1891 J. W. Stevens Leather Manuf. vii. 75 There are several machines for this work each of which will perform satisfactory work when managed by skillful hands. absolute.1837 T. Carlyle French Revol. I. i. iii. 24 In these delicate circumstances,..the skilfullest may falter. b. Const. in a matter. ΚΠ 1555 R. Eden tr. Peter Martyr of Angleria Decades of Newe Worlde i. ii. f. 10 If he had byn skilfull in Astronomye. 1593 R. Hooker Of Lawes Eccl. Politie Pref. 11 The perfectest diuines were iudged they, which were skilfullest in Caluins writinges. 1662 E. Stillingfleet Origines Sacræ i. vi. §1 Among the Ægyptians who are supposed most skilfull in the account of the year. 1879 Cassell's Techn. Educator (new ed.) I. 174/2 The Chinese are very skilful in this kind of work. †c. Having a good knowledge of a subject. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > knowledge, what is known > familiarity > [adjective] > knowing about, familiar with craftyOE slyc1175 coutha1225 well acquainteda1250 privyc1300 cunningc1325 well-groundeda1438 acquainted?a1439 familiar1509 at home1531 overseen1533 intelligent1546 long-experienced1567 conversant1573 skilful1596 accomplished1603 frequent1609 well (better, best) verseda1610 understanding1612 sound1615 studieda1616 technical1617 versed1622 conversing1724 versant1787 on intimate habits1809 special1830 inquainted1849 pre-acquainted1907 sophisticated1952 1596 E. Spenser Second Pt. Faerie Queene vi. v. sig. Dd [He] vpon him set, of perill nought adrad, Ne skilfull of the vncouth ieopardy. View more context for this quotation 1610 Bible (Douay) II. Dan. comm. Daniel skilful of times, a studious historiographer. 1631 J. Weever Anc. Funerall Monuments 251 Very skilfull of the Greeke and Latine tongues. 5. Displaying or requiring skill. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > ability > skill or skilfulness > [adjective] > displaying or requiring skill well-doneeOE craftyOE craftful?c1335 craftsmanlike1547 skilfulc1595 artist1603 skilled1776 knowing1793 c1595 Countess of Pembroke Psalme xlvii. 15 in Coll. Wks. (1998) II. 42 With [MSS K, χ: In] skilfull song [MSS K, χ: tunes] his praises sing. 1605 J. Sylvester tr. G. de S. Du Bartas Deuine Weekes & Wks. ii. i. 283 For..he made onely sweet Essayes in that, Of skilfull industrie. 1757 W. Wilkie Epigoniad Pref. p. xvi He should magnify them likewise by a skilful management of outward circumstances. 1794 R. Burns Poems & Songs (1968) II. 9 Let minstrels sweep the skillfu' string, In lordly, lighted ha'. 1805 Med. & Physical Jrnl. 14 416 The skilful manner in which they treated their patient. 1856 E. K. Kane Arctic Explor. I. xxiii. 309 It was made of the bone of a whale, and worked out with skilful labor. 1895 Gentleman's Mag. July 581/2 Irony..is one of those edged tools which require skilful handling. 1952 G. Sarton Hist. Sci. I. ix. 225 The power of Athens was based..also..upon the skillful use of all the resources that such places as Delos and Delphi offered. 1969 R. B. Fuller Operating Man. Spaceship Earth i. 19 The myriad of physical, muscle, and craft-skill specializations which their intellect and their skillful swordplay commanded. 1972 P. H. Kocher Master of Middle-Earth ii. 25 Their skillful blending as achieved by Tolkien requires some sophistication of understanding. †6. As adv. = skilfully adv. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > understanding > reason, faculty of reasoning > [adverb] with reasonc1300 skilfullyc1325 skillwiselya1340 skilfula1400 reasonablyc1400 of reason1405 in reasona1450 upon reasonc1450 reasonfully1532 justlya1538 rationablya1540 reasonally1567 reasonable1573 as soon (as)1579 rationally1610 to reason1613 rational1662 correctlya1704 rightly1703 upon the weight of1710 legitimately1794 well-foundedly?1841 tarblish1842 sanely1884 a1400–50 Alexander 645 Þus skilfull lange he scolaid & þe scole vsed. a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Trin. Cambr.) l. 3742 Skilful is iacob his nome þat is to say in riȝt langage Putter out of heritage. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1911; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adj.adv.1338
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