from
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)
masterly
adj 1: having or revealing supreme mastery or skill; "a
consummate artist"; "consummate skill"; "a masterful
speaker"; "masterful technique"; "a masterly performance
of the sonata"; "a virtuoso performance" [syn:
{consummate}, {masterful}, {masterly}, {virtuoso(a)}]
from
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Masterly \Mas"ter*ly\, a.
1. Suitable to, or characteristic of, a master; indicating
thorough knowledge or superior skill and power; showing a
master's hand; as, a masterly design; a masterly
performance; a masterly policy. "A wise and masterly
inactivity." --Sir J. Mackintosh.
[1913 Webster]
2. Imperious; domineering; arbitrary.
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