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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:

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.
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   2. Imperious; domineering; arbitrary.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Masterly \Mas"ter*ly\, adv.
   With the skill of a master.
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         Thou dost speak masterly.                --Shak.
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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)]