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Definition of Masterly
1. Adjective. Having or revealing supreme mastery or skill. "A virtuoso performance"
Similar to: Skilled
Derivative terms: Master, Master, Virtuoso, Virtuoso
Definition of Masterly
1. 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.
2. adv. With the skill of a master.
Definition of Masterly
1. Adjective. That has been executed in the manner of one who is a master; extremely competently. ¹
2. Adverb. In a masterful manner; competently. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Masterly
1. very skillful [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Masterly
Literary usage of Masterly
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable: Giving the Derivation, Source, Or Origin of by Ebenezer Cobham Brewer (1898)
"... as a grand coup, а тир dt maître (a masterly stroke), so " to cut " means to
make a masterly coup, to do something to be looked at and talked about. ..."
2. Publishers Weekly by Publishers' Board of Trade (U.S.), Book Trade Association of Philadelphia, American Book Trade Union, Am. Book Trade Association, R.R. Bowker Company (1904)
"Announcement Peggy O'Neal By Alfred Henry Lewis Author of "Wolfville," Etc., Etc.
The Plot is masterly and the Incident Exciting Illustrated by HENRY HUTT ..."
3. The Spectator by Joseph Addison, Richard Steele (1830)
"He wanders through the whole scene ven' masterly, without neglecting his victuals.
If it be, as I have heard it sometimes mentioned, a great qualification ..."
4. Dictionary of National Biography by LESLIE. STEPHEN (1899)
"It is a brief and a masterly survey of the sanitary condition of London from the
time of the Norman conquest until our own era. When in the ' Dental Review ..."
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