Adjective
- 1. adept, expert, good, practiced, proficient, skillful, skilful, skilled (vs. unskilled)
- usage: having or showing knowledge and skill and aptitude; "adept in handicrafts"; "an adept juggler"; "an expert job"; "a good mechanic"; "a practiced marksman"; "a proficient engineer"; "a lesser-known but no less skillful composer"; "the effect was achieved by skillful retouching"
- 2. nice, skillful, precise (vs. imprecise)
- usage: done with delicacy and skill; "a nice bit of craft"; "a job requiring nice measurements with a micrometer"; "a nice shot"
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