masterful Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. adjective satellite having or revealing supreme mastery or skill
    virtuoso; consummate; masterly.
    • a consummate artist
    • consummate skill
    • a masterful speaker
    • masterful technique
    • a masterly performance of the sonata
    • a virtuoso performance

WordNet


Mas"ter*ful adjective
Definitions
  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.

Webster 1913