Bible Dictionaries
Masterly

Webster's Dictionary

(1):

(adv.) With the skill of a master.

(2):

(a.) 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.

(3):

(a.) Imperious; domineering; arbitrary.

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Masterly'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​m/masterly.html. 1828.