skilfully
adverb
skilfully is spelled S-K-I-L-F-U-L-L-Y: 9 letters. It appears about once in every 3 million words in written English, the 52,954th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an adverb, skilfully means “UK standard spelling of skillfully” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in skilfully?
| Letters | 9: S-K-I-L-F-U-L-L-Y |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 3 million words; the 52,954th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is skilfully?
Skilfully appears about once in every 3 million words in written English, the 52,954th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce skilfully?
- US
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Flame,_not_lame-skilfully.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of skilfully
- more skilfully comparative
- most skilfully superlative
- skillfully
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does skilfully mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adverb
- 1
UK standard spelling of skillfully.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does skilfully come from?
From skilful + -ly.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).