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# masterly

«masterly» in Mova's school dictionary: **done with great skill and cleverness** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

adjective (no change)

### meaning for a pupil

Masterly means done with great skill and cleverness. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/masterly/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

praise for a skilled player, singer or maker in a tale

### examples

- Nowhere could pipes be found as fine as his, or played in so masterly a manner. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/masterly/#x1)
- Her masterly drawing won the prize. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/masterly/#x2)
- The editor's masterly work pleased everyone. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/masterly/#x3)

### note

nothing for maths

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «masterly» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/masterly/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.