skeely

English

Etymology

From Scots skeely, Scottish form of skilly.

Adjective

skeely (comparative skeelier, superlative skeeliest)

1. (Scotland) Skilful.
   • 1992, Alasdair Gray, Poor Things, Bloomsbury, published 2002, page 27:

     “I now enjoy more flattering company than you ever provided—a fine, fine woman, McCandless, who owes her life to these fingers of mine—these skeely, skeely fingers!”

Anagrams

• Kelsey, sleeky, yeleks