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Webster 1913 Edition

Masterly

Mas′ter-ly

,
Adj.
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.

Mas′ter-ly

,
adv.
With the skill of a master.
Thou dost speak
masterly
.
Shakespeare

Webster 1828 Edition

Masterly

M`ASTERLY

,
Adj.
Formed or executed with superior skill; suitable to a master; most excellent; skillful; as a masterly design; a masterly performance; a masterly stroke of policy.
1.
Imperious.

M`ASTERLY

,
adv.
With the skill of a master.
Thou dost speak masterly.
'I think it very masterly written,' in Swift, is improper or unusual.

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