masterly
Example Sentences
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Writing about the U.N. deliberations on Iraq, Will gushed over Secretary of State Colin Powell’s supposedly sober, masterly and “unhistrionic” presentation.
From Salon ● Dec. 20, 2025
Like the raconteur at the table, Mr. Winchester is masterly but almost too fluent.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 28, 2025
Weaver masterly balances both sides of the equation.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 19, 2025
Doig, who received a midcareer retrospective at Tate Britain in 2018, is a figurative painter with a masterly flair for color and light.
From New York Times ● Nov. 28, 2024
She opened its mirror-faced door and surveyed the congested shelves with the eye—or, rather, the masterly squint—of a dedicated medicine-cabinet gardener.
From "Franny and Zooey" by J. D. Salinger
