skillful

habile, compétent

Capable de très bien faire quelque chose grâce à la pratique ou à l’expérience.

En anglais simple : Able to do something very well because of practice or experience.

• She is a skillful driver.
• His skillful handling of the boat kept us safe.
• Are you skillful at repairing old clocks?

Comment l'utiliser : skillful at something/doing something (He is skillful at solving difficult puzzles.); skillful in something/doing something (She is skillful in the use of color.)

Synonymes : skilled, expert, able

Contraires : unskilled, clumsy

Expressions courantes : skillful player, skillful handling, skillful at something