skillful
Example Sentences
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“He emphasized materials in a very skillful way. His lighting creates spatial depth. You get a different idea of what the architecture consists of.”
From Los Angeles Times
With a few clucks and some skillful handling of the reins, he urged the horse to pull their carriage sideways, blocking the way.
From Literature
But McKenzie, the son of Southland dairy farmers, has been resilient, selfless and, as ever, highly skillful.
From BBC
“Literature nowadays is a trade,” Milvain insists: Putting aside men of genius, who may succeed by mere cosmic force, your successful man of letters is your skillful tradesman.
The irony is that these tactics were once the preserve of less skillful teams that had few other ways of getting anywhere near the goal.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
