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 wise and masterly inactivity." Sir J. Mackintosh.
Imperious; domineering; arbitrary.
With the skill of a master. Thou dost speak masterly. Shak.
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