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skillsome

skillsome adjective: characterised or marked by skill.

Adjective

skillsome (comparative more skillsome, superlative most skillsome)

  1. Characterised or marked by skill
    • O man of skillsome pith— / He makes its pulses start.1915, Northern Automotive Journal - Volumes 24-25
    • You can't go trustin' folks what lassoop words so skillsome as him.2004, David Mitchell, Cloud Atlas, London: Sceptre (Hodder and Stoughton), →ISBN

Forms of skillsome

comparativemore skillsome
superlativemost skillsome

Origin of skillsome

From skill + -some.

Questions about skillsome

What does skillsome mean?
Skillsome means characterised or marked by skill.
What part of speech is skillsome?
Skillsome is an adjective.

Words near skillsome in the dictionary

  1. skills up
  2. skillset
  3. skillsets
  4. skillshare
  5. skillshares
  6. skillsome
  7. skillwise
  8. skilly
  9. skillygalee
  10. skillz
  11. skils

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