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masterfully, adv.|ˈmɑːstəfʊlɪ, -æ-|
[f. masterful a. + -ly2.]
In a masterful manner (see the adj.).
1388Wyclif Lev. vi. 2 A soule that synneth..ethir takith maisterfuli a thing bi violence, ether makith fals chaleng. 1457Act 35 Hen. VI in Bolton Stat. Irel. (1621) 24 They doe..masterfully take their goods without any pity. 1563Reg. Privy Council Scot. I. 238 Violentlie, maisterfullie and unjustlie reft..and takin. a1603T. Cartwright Confut. Rhem. N.T. (1618) 83 Peters [heart]..was so masterfully holden by the spirit of God. a1670Spalding Troub. Chas. I (1829) 24 [They] took some money frae Mr. Robert Jameson..violently and masterfully. 1695Humfrey Mediocria 39 The Masterfully Learned Bishop Forbs. 1883A. Forbes in 19th Cent. Oct. 723 That reproach Britain strove callously and masterfully to perpetuate. 1899T. M. Ellis Three Cat's-eye Rings 29 ‘I'll take it to her’, shouted Polryn, laying hold of it masterfully. |