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Vinony

skillfully

adverb

  1. cleverly/adroitly/dexterously
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Wiktionary

adv

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

  1. In a skillful manner; with skill.

    “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.”