skilly

名词 n. 形容词 adj.
中文释义
英 /ˈskɪli/   

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. Skillygalee. obsolete,uncountable
    — “I would be given for supper six ounces of bread and ‘three parts of skilly.’ ‘Three parts’ means three-quarters of a pint, and ‘skilly’ is a fluid concoction of three quarts of oatmeal stirred into three buckets and a half of hot water.”
形容词 adj.
  1. Skilled, skilful. Northern-England,Scotland
    — So, being a fell impatient man, and skilly with his hands, he took Sam Gourlay a clout in the lug that couped him down in the stour […]

词形变化

more skilly comparative most skilly superlative

词源

词源 1
Shortening.
词源 2
From Middle English skylly, skily, equivalent to skill + -y.
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