Hypertext Webster Gateway: "masterful"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Masterful \Mas"ter*ful\, a.
1. Inclined to play the master; domineering; imperious;
arbitrary. --Dryden.
2. Having the skill or power of a master; indicating or
expressing power or mastery.
His masterful, pale face. --Mrs.
Browning.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
masterful
adj 1: having or revealing supreme mastery or skill; "a consummate
artist"; "consummate skill"; "a masterful speaker";
"masterful technique"; "a masterly performance of the
sonata"; "a virtuoso performance" [syn: {consummate},
{masterly}, {virtuoso(a)}]
2: able to deal authoritatively with affairs; "dismissed the
matter with an imperious wave of her hand" [syn: {imperious}]
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