Definition of masterly | Bee Dictionary of English

s having or revealing supreme mastery or skill
a masterly performance of the sonata

The range of his sesquipedalian verbal achievements spread from masterly Johnsonian periods on the occasion of "Remarks of Senator Ashurst on the Steamship President Grant on .
Yet Houston more than holds her own, particularly on Why Does It Hurt So Bad, with its masterly balance of pop zip and soulful melancholy.
In recent years, the Canadian scholar Ronald Newton, in his masterly The "Nazi Menace" in Argentina, 1931-47 (Stanford), has suggested that much of the Nazi-fascist menace in .

Chacin's strong performance helps Rockies win
DENVER -- The Colorado Rockies were hoping for a long outing Sunday from starting pitcher Jhoulys Chacin. He gave them just that in a masterly performance as the Rockies beat the Philadelphia Phillies 5-2 in the rubber game of their series.
June 17, 2013 - The SportsXchange via Yahoo! Sports
Rockies 5, Phillies 2
DENVER -- The Colorado Rockies were hoping for a long outing Sunday from starting pitcher Jhoulys Chacin. He gave them just that in a masterly performance as the Rockies beat the Philadelphia Phillies 5-2 in the rubber game of their series.
June 16, 2013 - The SportsXchange via Yahoo! Sports
Hamels loses 10th game as Rockies beat Phillies
DENVER - The Colorado Rockies were hoping for a long outing Sunday from starting pitcher Jhoulys Chacin. He gave them just that in a masterly performance as the Rockies beat the Philadelphia Phillies 5-2 in the rubber game of their series.
June 16, 2013 - The Morning Call

Joseph Banks in AFP
In an extraordinarily closely contested last round, in which the judges felt the level of the shortlisted novels was as high as it can ever have been, they have agreed to award the Man Booker Prize to John Banville's The Sea, a masterly study of... John Sutherland http://www.google.com/url?q=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Sutherland&source=dictionary&usg=AFQjCNG-HrOMaY9E-DHSlUR5bhGQpxW_jg USA Today http://www.google.com/url?q=http://www.usatoday.com/life/books/news/2005-10-10-booker-prize_x.htm&source=dictionary&usg=AFQjCNGJ3RhcOqneguEhllxd4M54XShw8A Oct 10, 2005 61779 82467 masterly Botanist Joseph Banks, who sailed with 18th century explorer James Cook on his first voyage of discovery to the Pacific, described the immense elegance and justness" of the Maori moko, saying they were "finished with a masterly taste and...
Adrienne Clarkson in New York Times
Adrienne Clarkson, a former governor general of Canada who was chairwoman of the panel of three judges, said, "This masterly work is also a passionate argument about the complex interrelationship between nomads and settlers, animals and human...