masterly
Adjective Satellite
- having or revealing supreme mastery or skill
- "a masterly performance of the sonata"
Adj
- Executed in the manner of a master; showing competence and skill; masterful.
- Like a master; arbitrary; domineering, imperious.
Adv
- In a masterful manner; competently, masterfully.
Adjective
- Showing the skill of a master; extremely skillful.
Examples
- Her years of experience enabled her to render a masterly performance.
- His MASTERLY placement of ’QUIXOTIC’ secured him the game.
Origin / Etymology
PIE word
*méǵh₂s
From Middle English maisterli, from maister (“leader, ruler; high official; official in charge of a place; person in control; employer; owner; schoolmaster, teacher; scholar, sage; holder of a master's degree; religious teacher; master craftsman; expert; magician; social superior; husband; lover; Jesus Christ; a god; male stud animal”) + -li (suffix forming adjectives). Maister is derived from Old English mæġester (“master”) and Old French maistre (“master”) (modern French maître), both from Latin magister (“teacher; master”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *méǵh₂s (“big, great”). The English word is analysable as master + -ly.
Synonyms
consummate, masterful, virtuoso, able, accomplished, adept, adroit, apt, artful, capable, competent, conversant, crack, crafty, deft, despotic, dexterous, expert, expertly, facile, fluent, gain, handy, maestrolike, masterlike, masterly, masterous, overbearing, practiced, professional, proficient, qualified, quick, ready, skilfully, skilled, skillful, thoroughbred, tight, versed
Scrabble Score: 13
masterly: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Wordmasterly: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
masterly: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary