Learned in one skill, and in another kind of learning unskillful.
Hooker.
Syn. -- Dexterity; adroitness; expertness; art; aptitude; ability. --
Skill, Dexterity, Adroitness. Skill is more intelligent, denoting
familiar knowledge united to readiness of performance. Dexterity, when
applied to the body, is more mechanical, and refers to habitual ease of
execution. Adroitness involves the same image with dexterity, and
differs from it as implaying a general facility of movement (especially
in avoidance of danger or in escaping from a difficalty). The same
distinctions apply to the figurative sense of the words. A man is
skillful in any employment when he understands both its theory and its
practice. He is dexterous when he maneuvers with great lightness. He is
adroit in the use od quick, sudden, and well-directed movements of the
body or the mind, so as to effect the object he has in view.