- (adv.) With the skill of a master.
- (a.) 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.) Imperious; domineering; arbitrary.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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