"skillfulness" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: skillfulnesses [plural]
Etymology: From Middle English skylfulnesse, equivalent to skillful + -ness. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|skylfulnesse}} Middle English skylfulnesse, {{suffix|en|skillful|ness}} skillful + -ness Head templates: {{en-noun|-|+}} skillfulness (usually uncountable, plural skillfulnesses)
  1. The state or quality of being adept or skillful. Tags: uncountable, usually Synonyms: skillage Translations (being adept or skillful): zručnost [feminine] (Czech), dovednost [feminine] (Czech), šikovnost [feminine] (Czech), lerteco (Esperanto), habilidade [feminine] (Galician), îndemânare [feminine] (Romanian)
    Sense id: en-skillfulness-en-noun-nIR0CVPZ Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ness

Inflected forms

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