drawing; a
design is such a preliminary
sketch as indicates the object to be accomplished or the result to be
attained, and is understood to be original. One may make a
drawing of any well-known mechanism, or a
drawing from another man's
design; but if he says, "The
design is mine," he claims it as his own invention or
composition. In written composition an
outline gives simply the main divisions, and in the case of a sermon is
often called a
skeleton; a somewhat fuller suggestion of illustration, treatment, and style is given in a
sketch. A
lawyer's
brief is a succinct statement of the main facts involved in a case, and of the main heads of his
argument on points of law, with reference to authorities cited; the
brief has none of the vagueness of a
sketch,
being sufficiently exact and complete to form, on occasion, the basis for the decision of the court without oral
argument, when the case is said to be "submitted on
brief." Compare DESIGN.
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SKILFUL.
Synonyms:
accomplished, apt, dexterous, happy, proficient, adept, clever, expert, ingenious, skilled, adroit, deft, handy,
practised, trained.
Skilful signifies possessing and using readily practical knowledge and ability, having alert and well-trained
faculties with reference to a given work. One is
adept in that for which he has a natural gift improved by
practise; he is
expert in that of which training, experience, and study have given him a thorough mastery; he is
dexterous in that which he can do effectively, with or without training, especially in work of the hand or
bodily activities. In the case of the noun, "an expert" denotes one who is "experienced" in the fullest sense, a
master of his branch of knowledge. A
skilled workman is one who has thoroughly learned his trade, though he
may be naturally quite dull; a
skilful workman has some natural brightness, ability, and power of adaptation,
in addition to his acquired knowledge and dexterity. Compare CLEVER; DEXTERITY; POWER.
Antonyms:
awkward, clumsy, inexpert, shiftless, unskilled, untrained. bungling, helpless, maladroit, unhandy, untaught,
Prepositions:
Skilful
at or
in a work,
with a pen or tool of any kind.
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SLANDER.
Synonyms:
asperse, decry, disparage, revile, backbite, defame, libel, traduce, calumniate, depreciate, malign, vilify.
To
slander a person is to utter a false and injurious report concerning him; to
defame is specifically and
directly to attack one's reputation; to
defame by spoken words is to
slander, by written words, to
libel. To
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