different between speedy vs skilful
speedy
English
Etymology
From Middle English spedy, spedi, from Old English sp?di? (“having good speed, lucky, prosperous; having means, wealthy, opulent, rich in material wealth; rich in, abounding in, abundant, plenteous, copious; powerful”), from Proto-Germanic *sp?digaz (“successful, hurried”), equivalent to speed +? -y. Cognate with Scots spedie (“speedy”), Dutch spoedig (“speedy, swift, rapid, quick”), German sputig, spudig (“industrious, speedy”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?spi?di/
- Rhymes: -i?di
Adjective
speedy (comparative speedier, superlative speediest)
- rapid; swift
Synonyms
- fast, swift, quick, rapid
- See also Thesaurus:speedy
Derived terms
Translations
Verb
speedy (third-person singular simple present speedies, present participle speedying, simple past and past participle speedied)
- (transitive) to process in a faster than normal, accelerated way
- 1647, {uncredited}, Journals of the House of Lords - Volume 10 - Page 389
- " […] the Treaty between the King and the Parliament may be speedied; and that Care may be taken, to prevent the casting of the Two Kingdoms into War and Blood."
- 1871, The Mauritius Reports (page 46)
- […] for the purpose of proceeding to the immediate sale of the goods under seizure, with the view of speedying the exercise of their rights on the proceeds of the sale of the goods seized.
- 1647, {uncredited}, Journals of the House of Lords - Volume 10 - Page 389
- (transitive, Wiktionary and WMF jargon) to apply the speedy rule in an online community (often the deletion rule); speedy delete
- The guy is *not* so obviously insignificant that speedying him is appropriate.
Synonyms
- speed up
- speedy delete
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skilful
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?sk?lf?l/
Adjective
skilful (comparative more skilful, superlative most skilful)
- Non-US (including but not limited to Australian, British, Canadian, Irish, Jamaican, South African and New Zealand) standard spelling of skillful.
- More than once have I spoken to willing listeners because of some one who had come under skilful kindly treatment in the hospital at Taiwan-fu.
Derived terms
- skilfully
Translations
skilful From the web:
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- what does skilful mean in english
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