masterly

About 0.83 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. adjective Executed in the manner of a master; showing competence and skill; masterful.

   Her years of experience enabled her to render a masterly performance.

2. adjective Like a master; arbitrary; domineering, imperious.
3. adverb In a masterful manner; competently, masterfully.

Similar words

masterful skilled consummate virtuoso formal magisterial brilliant masterlike maestrolike master

Often followed by

manner and way fashion inactivity in hand work skill

Word family

masterliness masterlinesses