SKILL'FUL, adjective 1. Knowing; well versed in any art; hence, dextrous; able in management; able to perform nicely any manual operation in the arts or professions; as a skillful mechanic; a skillful operator in surgery. 2. Well versed in practice; as a skillful physician. It is followed by at or in; as skillful at the organ; skillful in drawing.
Source: Webster's 1828 American Dictionary ↗ · public-domain · returned verbatim, no AI