skilledly

From skilled +‎ -ly.

skilledly (comparative more skilledly, superlative most skilledly)

1. (rare, proscribed) In a skilled manner.

   Synonym: skillfully

   • 1650, William Nisbet, “[A Generall Reckoning of the Age of the World from the Creation of the World to the Death of Christ.] The First Period.”, in A Golden Chaine of Time Leading unto Christ. Or, A Compend of Sacred History, […], Edinburgh: […] Heires of George Anderson, for the Company of Stationers, pages 17–18:

     The invention of diverſe Arts by his [Cain’s] Poſteritie, who were both ingenious and induſtrious, as the making of Tents, keeping of Cattel and ordering of them as it ſeemeth more skilledly then Abell had done before.

   • 1929 September 3, “Gold Tournament at Pebble Beach”, in G[eorge] M[ilton] Francis, G[eorge] H[orton] Francis, editors, The Napa Daily Register, volume 114, number 88, Napa, Calif.: Francis & Francis, page 4, column 2:

     The great battle of the links that is on this week at Pebble Beach is declared to be most skilledly managed and handled, and the largest crowds that ever witnessed golf matches anywhere are in constant attendance.

   • 2019, Chunming Wu, quoting Yuejueshu, “A Synthetic Analysis of the Neolithic Origins of Eastern and Southeastern Asia’s Maritime Silk Road”, in Chunming Wu, Barry Vladimir Rolett, editors, Prehistoric Maritime Cultures and Seafaring in East Asia (The Archaeology of Asia-Pacific Navigation; 1), Singapore: Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd., →ISBN, →ISSN, part I ([…]), section 4 ([…]), page 19:

     They skilledly sail the boat as fast as the howling wind (Yuan and Wu 1985, pp. 57, 58).

• “Writing Practice Sets and Explanations”, in SAT 2400: Advanced Prep for Advanced Students, 2007 edition, New York, N.Y.: Kaplan Publishing, January 2007, →ISBN, section 3 (Writing), page 182, column 2: “(E) [‘Playing chess skilledly’] uses a nonstandard form, ‘skilledly’—the correct adverb form is ‘skillfully.’”