1. (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.

2. (a.) Imperious; domineering; arbitrary.

3. (adv.) With the skill of a master.

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