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Wordnet 3.0

ADJECTIVE (1)

1. having or revealing supreme mastery or skill;
- Example: "a consummate artist"
- Example: "consummate skill"
- Example: "a masterful speaker"
- Example: "masterful technique"
- Example: "a masterly performance of the sonata"
- Example: "a virtuoso performance"
[syn: consummate, masterful, masterly, virtuoso(a)]



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Masterful \Mas"ter*ful\, a.
   1. Inclined to play the master; domineering; imperious;
      arbitrary. --Dryden.
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   2. Having the skill or power of a master; indicating or
      expressing power or mastery.
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            His masterful, pale face.             --Mrs.
                                                  Browning.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

masterful
    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)]