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Etymology

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

Adverb

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skillfully (comparative more skillfully, superlative most skillfully)

  1. In a skillful manner; with skill.
    • 1867, Leigh Burton, American Journal of Dental Science, page 180:
      On Sundays he mounted the pulpit instead of black bare bones, and as a preacher he drew the fangs of Satan with his spiritual pullikins, almost as skillfully as he did the teeth of his brother sinners on week days, with his metallic ones.

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