单词 | masterlike |
释义 | masterlikeadv.adj. Now rare. A. adv. In the manner of a master. ΘΚΠ society > authority > rule or government > oppression > [adverb] > domineeringly or overbearingly masterfully1395 masterlyc1425 masterlikec1450 superciliously1528 imperiously1536 dictator-like1581 magistrallya1603 lordlily1611 Nestoriously1620 magisterially1625 magistratically1650 magisteriously1673 domineeringly1684 dictatorially1731 dictatorily1788 overbearingly1824 high-handedly1867 the world > action or operation > ability > skill or skilfulness > [adverb] > with masterly skill masterlyc1425 virtuouslya1500 masterfullya1603 masterlike1637 mistressly1786 c1450 (?a1400) Wars Alexander (Ashm.) 228 ‘Haile, modi qwene’..he maister-like said. 1591 (?a1425) Harrowing of Hell (Huntington) in R. M. Lumiansky & D. Mill Chester Myst. Cycle (1974) I. 330 Who ys he..that so maysterlyke [1607 Harl. 2124 maisterly] comes us amonge. 1637 Earl of Monmouth tr. V. Malvezzi Romulus & Tarquin 294 He who writ of so many things, and writ so masterlike in all. 1739 H. Baker & J. Miller tr. Molière Melicerte ii. iv, in Molière Wks. IX. 347 Bless me, Son, what a tender Air you have, and how masterlike you go about it already! 1841 R. E. Landor Faith's Fraud iv. i. 179 Much as if at home—And talks about the gallows masterlike. B. adj. Resembling or characteristic of a master; despotic, autocratic; authoritarian, magisterial. Also: exhibiting masterly ability or skill. ΘΚΠ society > authority > rule or government > oppression > [adjective] > domineering or overbearing masterfulc1390 pontificalc1440 overmasterfula1450 headya1513 imperious1529 supercilious1536 masterlya1544 termagant1546 law-like1556 masterlike1580 dictator-like1582 peremptory1590 domineering1598 burly1605 high-handed1606 pontificial1613 lording1629 overlordingc1629 pontifician1629 peremptor1630 dictatory1639 predominant1642 dictatorial1692 pontific1716 overbearing1718 dictativea1774 knock-me-down1848 imponenta1882 bossy1882 heavy-handed1883 seigneurial1970 the world > action or operation > ability > skill or skilfulness > [adjective] > masterly > characteristic of a master masterful?c1425 masterlike1580 mastering1596 masterous1642 magisterial1643 masterlya1648 1580 Order Prayer in W. K. Clay Liturg. Services Q. Eliz. (1847) 573 Servants are become master-like, and fellows with Masters. 1581 J. Bell tr. W. Haddon & J. Foxe Against Jerome Osorius 240 Agaynst this Masterlyke sentence I will set downe the opinion of Basile. 1641 F. Wortley Ελευθερωσις της Αληθειας 5 Not exercising a master~like or Kingly command. 1656 Earl of Monmouth tr. T. Boccalini Ragguagli di Parnasso i. xliii. 89 He would teach..how to repulse the wrastlers dextrously..; and other excellent master like tricks. 1666 S. Pepys Diary 23 Feb. (1972) VII. 53 I begin to doubt the picture..is not of his making, it is so master-like. 1839 C. J. Lever Confessions Harry Lorrequer 77 Touching with a master-like delicacy on my late defeat. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adv.adj.c1450 |
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