Tikibu: pronunciation dictionary with use examples

Word: masterly
IPA transcription: [m'æstɚli]
Pronunciations of masterly
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adverb meaning of the word
  • Synonyms: consummate, masterful, masterly, virtuoso(a)
    Meaning: having or revealing supreme mastery or skill; "a consummate artist"; "consummate skill"; "a masterful speaker"; "masterful technique"; "a masterly performance of the sonata"; "a virtuoso performance"
Usage examples
  • You have given me a masterly lesson."
  • Nobody carried money; wasn't Masterly.
  • He was a charming man; you read his masterly paper on the Central Problem of the Dual Empire?'
  • Our Lord in this passage is like one of those masterly artists who begin their portrait- painting with the study of anatomy.
  • He raises the cry of the miserable and the despised, and in a masterly arraignment of commercialism, protests against social conditions, against the grinding of the faces of the poor and weak, and the self-pollution of the rich and strong, in their mad lust for place and power.
  • He stepped forward, with that translucent, child-candid smile upon his fresh, pink countenance, with that air of unaffected sincerity that was redeemed from bluffness only by its exquisite calculation, with that promptitude and masterly decision of manner that so well suited his calling--with all his stock in trade well to the front; he stepped forward to receive Colonel and Mrs. Peyton Blaylock.
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