in an artful and expert manner, skillfully
skilled, adept; worthy of a master (about abilities or achievements)
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Masterly Definition from Language, Idioms & Slang Dictionaries & Glossaries
(adv.)
With the skill of a master.
With the skill of a master.
(a.)
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.
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.)
Imperious; domineering; arbitrary.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter. AboutImperious; domineering; arbitrary.
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." mackintosh.
2. imperious; domineering; arbitrary.
masterly
\mas"ter*ly\, adv. with the skill of a master. thou dost speak masterly.
masterly
adj : 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, virtuoso(a) ]
Adjective
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"
(synonym) consummate, masterful, virtuoso(a)
(similar) skilled
