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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.

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  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. a. Imperious; domineering; arbitrary.
  3. adv. With the skill of a master.
  4. adj. having or revealing supreme mastery or skill
  5. 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. 2. Imperious; domineering; arbitrary. With the skill of a master. Thou dost speak masterly. Shak.
  6. With the skill of a master.Thou dost speak masterly. Shak.
  7. j:100 s having or revealing supreme mastery or skill