"skillfully" meaning in English

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Adverb

Forms: more skillfully [comparative], most skillfully [superlative]
Etymology: From Middle English skilfully, skylfully, skilfulliche, equivalent to skillful + -ly. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|skilfully}} Middle English skilfully, {{m|enm|skylfully}} skylfully, {{m|enm|skilfulliche}} skilfulliche, {{suffix|en|skillful|ly}} skillful + -ly Head templates: {{en-adv}} skillfully (comparative more skillfully, superlative most skillfully)
  1. In a skillful manner; with skill. Synonyms: skilfully Translations (in a skillful manner): ἐπισταμένως (epistaménōs) (Ancient Greek), hàbilment (Catalan), lerte (Esperanto), habilmente (Galician), geschickt (German), ügyesen (Hungarian), 익히 (ikhi) (Korean), sleighly (Middle English), douȝtily (Middle English), skickligt (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-skillfully-en-adv-11bY26X~ Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ly

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