masterly Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. adjective satellite having or revealing supreme mastery or skill
    masterful; virtuoso; consummate.
    • a consummate artist
    • consummate skill
    • a masterful speaker
    • masterful technique
    • a masterly performance of the sonata
    • a virtuoso performance

WordNet

Mas"ter*ly adjective
Definitions
  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 adverb
Definitions
  1. With the skill of a master.
    Thou dost speak masterly. Shak.

Webster 1913