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  • adverb In a skillful manner; with skill.

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  • adverb with skill

Etymologies

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skillful +‎ -ly

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Examples

  • Rose once again skillfully blends past and present with a new set of absorbing characters in a fascinating historical locale for this gripping second in a series.

    The Memorist by M. J. Rose: Book summary 2010

  • Stott again skillfully combines an intriguing love story, complex scientific concepts, and a beautifully realized historical setting … Riveting on all fronts, from its suspenseful plot to its elegant presentation of evolutionary theory.

    The Coral Thief: Summary and book reviews of The Coral Thief by Rebecca Stott. 2009

  • Goldstein skillfully demonstrated his talent for locating humour in the gap between the familiar and the alien.

    Archive 2009-04-01 2009

  • Brownstein skillfully and convincingly recounts the process by which the conservative movement gained control of the Republican Party and its Congressional delegation.

    Archive 2007-11-01 2007

  • Brownstein skillfully and convincingly recounts the process by which the conservative movement gained control of the Republican Party and its Congressional delegation.

    Easter Lemming Liberal News 2007

  • Folks with ancient roots in such torpid if beautiful places as Savannah and Mobile know that insanity practiced skillfully is a local art form to be treasured, not despised.

    Silliness about Latinos 2005

  • Laskin skillfully weaves together a clear report and explanation of the meteorological event (the word "blizzard," by the way, originated on the Plains) with harrowing accounts of slow death, loss, and survival — which contain the usual mixture of heroism and cowardice, altruism and selfishness, fecklessness and pluck.

    Cheap at $13,000 2004

  • Laskin skillfully weaves together a clear report and explanation of the meteorological event (the word "blizzard," by the way, originated on the Plains) with harrowing accounts of slow death, loss, and survival — which contain the usual mixture of heroism and cowardice, altruism and selfishness, fecklessness and pluck.

    Cheap at $13,000 2004

  • Laskin skillfully weaves together a clear report and explanation of the meteorological event (the word "blizzard," by the way, originated on the Plains) with harrowing accounts of slow death, loss, and survival — which contain the usual mixture of heroism and cowardice, altruism and selfishness, fecklessness and pluck.

    Cheap at $13,000 2004

  • Rankin skillfully juggles all the plot lines, tying them together in a logical and satisfying conclusion.

    Resurrection Men: Summary and book reviews of Resurrection Men by Ian Rankin. 2003

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