Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

skillfully

/ˈskɪlfəli/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.84 in modern English

Syllables
skill-ful-ly
IPA
/ˈskɪlfəli/
20
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
3
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

adv

In a skillful manner; with skill.

Example Sentences

Etymology

From Middle English skilfully, skylfully, skilfulliche, equivalent to skillful + -ly.

Origin

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

more skillfully (comparative) most skillfully (superlative) skilfully (alternative)

Derived Forms

unskillfully

Synonyms

handily skilfully

Rhymes With

willfully wilfully

Questions

How do you pronounce skillfully?
The recorded pronunciation is /ˈskɪlfəli/.
What does skillfully mean?
In a skillful manner; with skill.
Where does skillfully come from?
It is traced to Middle English.

How to pronounce skillfully

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