skilfully

«skilfully» in Mova's judaism dictionary: In a way that shows skill and good ability; cleverly and… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 2 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

adverb (skilfully — UK, Australia, NZ, Ireland; skillfully — USA)

meaning for a pupil

In a way that shows skill and good ability; cleverly and well. tree →

sense in the lessons

In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: In the Torah it describes the woven band of the priest's ephod, made with expert craft. In Psalms it describes playing music with skill. Interpretation: The priestly garments are read as holy work that needed true craftsmanship, and each part had its meaning. The tradition reads the verse in Psalms as asking that praise of God be played well and with joy. In the primary lessons: In stories it describes how a character does something with expert hands or clever thinking: skilfully dribbling a ball, skilfully avoiding a question. In school reports it praises good work. It tells the reader the action was done well, not by luck.

examples

• And thou shalt take the garments, and put upon Aaron the tunic, and the robe of the ephod, and the ephod, and the breastplate, and gird him with the skilfully woven band of the ephod. (Torah EXO.29.5, JPS 1917) tree →
• And they made two rings of gold, and put them on the two shoulder-pieces of the ephod underneath, in the forepart thereof, close by the coupling thereof, above the skilfully woven band of the ephod. (Torah EXO.39.20, JPS 1917) tree →
• And the skilfully woven band, which is upon it, wherewith to gird it on, shall be like the work thereof and of the same piece: of gold, of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen. (Torah EXO.28.8, JPS 1917) tree →
• Sing unto Him a new song; play skilfully amid shouts of joy. (Writings PSA.33.3, JPS 1917) tree →
• She skilfully dribbled past three defenders. tree →
• The surgeon skilfully repaired the broken bone. tree →
• The baker skilfully decorated the cake. tree →
• He skilfully changed the subject when we asked about the broken window. tree →
• The story is skilfully written, with a twist at the end. tree →
• The pilot skilfully landed the plane in the wind. tree →

note

Spelling: UK and Commonwealth «skilful, skilfully» (one l after «ski»); US «skillful, skillfully». Adjective: skilful; noun: skill.

In the corpora

• Sing unto Him a new song; play skilfully amid shouts of joy.
• Many blind people use sounds more skilfully, partly because the brain rewires and attention is trained; their ears themselves are not stronger.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «skilfully» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.