Meaning

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

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

    meisterlich, meisterhaft

    мастерскойmasterskoj

  2. (derogatory, obsolete, usually)Like a master; arbitrary; domineering, imperious.

More definitions
  • having or revealing supreme mastery or skill

Examples

1 sentences
  1. The picture is done in a masterly style.

    deDas Bild ist meisterhaft gemalt.

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Translations

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Русский
By meaning 1
executed in the manner of a master; showing competence and skill:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
executed in the manner of a master; showing competence and skill:

Forms

more masterly, most masterly
Comparativemore masterly Lesson
Superlativemost masterly Lesson

regular

Synonyms

39 synonyms

Word family

3 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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