Usually means: Expertly skilled and highly proficient.
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  1. masterly: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. masterly: Merriam-Webster
  3. masterly: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. masterly: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. masterly: Collins English Dictionary
  6. masterly: Vocabulary.com
  7. Masterly, masterly: Wordnik
  8. masterly: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  9. masterly: Wiktionary
  10. Masterly, masterly: Dictionary.com
  11. Masterly: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  12. masterly: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  13. masterly: Rhymezone
  14. masterly: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  15. masterly: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  16. masterly: FreeDictionary.org
  17. masterly: Mnemonic Dictionary
  18. masterly: TheFreeDictionary.com
  19. masterly: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  20. masterly: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  21. masterly: Infoplease Dictionary

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. masterly: Legal dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. masterly: Encyclopedia

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. masterly: Urban Dictionary

(Note: See masterliness as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (
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adjective:  Executed in the manner of a master; showing competence and skill; masterful.
adjective:  (usually derogatory, obsolete) Like a master; arbitrary; domineering, imperious.
adverb:  (archaic) In a masterful manner; competently, masterfully.

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