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Definition of masterly in English: masterlyadjective ˈmɑːstəliˈmæstərli Showing great skill; very accomplished. his masterly account of rural France Example sentencesExamples - And by 2001, he was back on his political throne, having waged a masterly election campaign.
- It was a masterly strategy in which they re-wrote the rulebook by campaigning as an independent party in government.
- He gave a masterly account of the solo role in this work which makes huge demands on the soloist.
- Leonardo is famous for his masterly paintings, such as The Last Supper and Mona Lisa.
- His work is discussed, interpreted and evoked with masterly succinctness.
- The sheer density of colour and brushstrokes are of an artistic labour that is almost too difficult and masterly to comprehend.
- Even a casual glance reveals masterly mark-making which, while it appears so deliberate, is also clearly spontaneous.
- It is a masterly physical performance, because of the nature of the film.
- In masterly understated fashion he talks of what a ‘lovely time’ his stint with Celtic has provided him.
- Her masterly voice has a magnetic quality, a dose of which has floored crowds across Europe.
- The fact that he brought that coalition together was a masterly performance.
- His hallmark full, burnished tone and his strong technique have developed into something masterly.
- Apart from these two errors, the book is a masterly and worthy account of a crucial period in our history with excellent maps.
- Colours, space, light, and composition are used to masterly, painterly effect.
- His designs rework colors, patterns and textures in masterly permutations.
- This is a masterly account: detailed but always readable, authoritative but strenuously objective.
- The opening chapters are masterly, moving at a rapid pace.
- No more beautiful film was released last year, each frame a masterly composition that looks as if it has been hand-tinted by Zen artists.
- He transcends his screen persona and ensures a masterly performance.
- It is also as masterly an example of the etcher's art as you will ever see.
Synonyms expert, adept, clever, masterful skilful, deft, adroit, skilled, dexterous, accomplished, polished, excellent, superb, superlative, consummate, first-rate, brilliant, intelligent, fine, talented, gifted informal crack, stellar, ace North American badass
Derivatives noun ˈmɑːstəlɪnəs Cézanne's masterliness includes, besides the control of the canvas in its complexity and novelty, the ordering of his own life as an artist. Example sentencesExamples - Accountable for his leading role was the freshness of his paintings and their masterliness, his availability to younger artists, his charismatic personality, and his verbal brilliance.
- Anthony Trollope's masterliness is obscured, first by charges of writing too much and too fast, and then by cultism.
- So quite clearly, their own values about the capacity for humankind to intervene in nature, all of those values about the managerial masterliness of nature were absolutely out there for anyone to see.
- We know too well that it is impossible to unveil the secret and the sacred that lays in masterliness.
Definition of masterly in US English: masterlyadjectiveˈmastərlēˈmæstərli Performed or performing in a very skillful and accomplished way. his masterly account of rural France Example sentencesExamples - Leonardo is famous for his masterly paintings, such as The Last Supper and Mona Lisa.
- His work is discussed, interpreted and evoked with masterly succinctness.
- The fact that he brought that coalition together was a masterly performance.
- Apart from these two errors, the book is a masterly and worthy account of a crucial period in our history with excellent maps.
- It was a masterly strategy in which they re-wrote the rulebook by campaigning as an independent party in government.
- Even a casual glance reveals masterly mark-making which, while it appears so deliberate, is also clearly spontaneous.
- This is a masterly account: detailed but always readable, authoritative but strenuously objective.
- It is also as masterly an example of the etcher's art as you will ever see.
- And by 2001, he was back on his political throne, having waged a masterly election campaign.
- In masterly understated fashion he talks of what a ‘lovely time’ his stint with Celtic has provided him.
- His designs rework colors, patterns and textures in masterly permutations.
- His hallmark full, burnished tone and his strong technique have developed into something masterly.
- No more beautiful film was released last year, each frame a masterly composition that looks as if it has been hand-tinted by Zen artists.
- The sheer density of colour and brushstrokes are of an artistic labour that is almost too difficult and masterly to comprehend.
- It is a masterly physical performance, because of the nature of the film.
- The opening chapters are masterly, moving at a rapid pace.
- Colours, space, light, and composition are used to masterly, painterly effect.
- He transcends his screen persona and ensures a masterly performance.
- Her masterly voice has a magnetic quality, a dose of which has floored crowds across Europe.
- He gave a masterly account of the solo role in this work which makes huge demands on the soloist.
Synonyms expert, adept, clever, masterful
Usage On the difference in use between masterly and masterful, see masterful |