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skeely

skeely adjective: skilful.

Adjective

skeely (comparative skeelier, superlative skeeliest)

  1. (Scotland) Skilful.
    • “I now enjoy more flattering company than you ever provided—a fine, fine woman, McCandless, who owes her life to these fingers of mine—these skeely, skeely fingers!”1992, Alasdair Gray, Poor Things, Bloomsbury, published 2002, page 27

Forms of skeely

comparativeskeelier
superlativeskeeliest

Origin of skeely

From Scots skeely, Scottish form of skilly.

Questions about skeely

What does skeely mean?
Skeely means skilful.
What part of speech is skeely?
Skeely is an adjective.

Words near skeely in the dictionary

  1. skeelful
  2. skeelfuls
  3. skeeling
  4. skeelings
  5. skeels
  6. skeely
  7. Skeen
  8. Skeena
  9. Skeenas
  10. Skeens
  11. skeer

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