masterful
Origin of masterful
1confusables note For masterful
Other words for masterful
Other words from masterful
- mas·ter·ful·ly, adverb
- mas·ter·ful·ness, noun
- o·ver·mas·ter·ful, adjective
- o·ver·mas·ter·ful·ly, adverb
- o·ver·mas·ter·ful·ness, noun
- un·mas·ter·ful, adjective
- un·mas·ter·ful·ly, adverb
Words that may be confused with masterful
- masterful , masterly (see confusables note at the current entry)
Words Nearby masterful
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How to use masterful in a sentence
Appel was masterful, throwing six scoreless innings, walking just one and striking out six, looking every bit like a pitcher ready to help Philadelphia down the stretch.
This Former No. 1 Pick Is Trying To Forge An MLB Career … At Age 30 | Howard Megdal | August 19, 2021 | FiveThirtyEightIt’s a lovely book by a deep thinker and a masterful storyteller.
Describing in detail each and every addition would be a masterful feat, one that would take far too long to read.
Here’s what’s coming in iOS 15: SharePlay, FaceTime, Focus modes, LiveText, and more | Billy Cadden | July 21, 2021 | Popular-ScienceEven at his age, CP3 is still a masterful orchestrator, pulling defenders this way and that with a shoulder-shrug here, a head nod there or a momentary flick of his eyes in one direction or another.
Chris Paul Found The Perfect Backcourt Partner In Devin Booker | Jared Dubin | June 16, 2021 | FiveThirtyEightAs he concludes his masterful book, “Whatever you think about the company — and the man — that controls so much of our economic reality in the third decade of the twenty-first century, there is no turning back now.”
How did Amazon grow so fast? By thinking outside the shipping box. | Marc Levinson | May 7, 2021 | Washington Post
Dear Thief is worthy of the abused critical adjectives philosophical, atmospheric, and masterful.
Washington, a truly masterful storyteller, grew up in what he calls “a wacky cult”—the Worldwide Church of God.
The pageant did achieve the dubious honor of becoming a masterful example of "show" versus "tell."
The scenes between Redmayne and Jones where the latter party struggles to pull him away from the edge are masterful.
Oscar's Battle of the Brits: Pals Benedict Cumberbatch and Eddie Redmayne Vie for the Gold | Marlow Stern | September 11, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST“When I first met Ed, I thought he was a peculiar guy, but when I got my hands on the book, it was masterful,” Osse said.
Bam! Pow! Bling! Hip-Hop's History Gets the Graphic Novel Treatment | Daniel Genis | August 25, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThe somewhat full double chin, and the carriage of her head, gave her a masterful look.
Skipper Worse | Alexander Lange KiellandGatien Boirouge was made game of by Lousteau, to whom he had confessed his love for that masterful woman.
Repertory Of The Comedie Humaine, Complete, A -- Z | Anatole Cerfberr and Jules Franois ChristopheWe have seen that in his theories he did not admit of individual passion, finding it too masterful, too familiar and violent.
Charles Baudelaire, His Life | Thophile GautierHe knew that if he were really panic-stricken and attempted to carry it off in the masterful manner, she would laugh in his face.
Ancestors | Gertrude Atherton"Tell me what is the matter," he said, a stronger note in his voice, the old masterful spirit asserting itself again.
The Underworld | James C. Welsh
British Dictionary definitions for masterful
/ (ˈmɑːstəfʊl) /
having or showing mastery
fond of playing the master; imperious
masterly
usage For masterful
Derived forms of masterful
- masterfully, adverb
- masterfulness, noun
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