masterfuladjective
uk/ˈmɑː.stə.fəl/us/ˈmæs.tɚ.fəl/masterful adjective (ABLE TO CONTROL)
able to control people and situations in a confident way:
Once she became a prosecutor, she quickly established herself as a masterful trial lawyer.
He has a deep, masterful voice.
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Controlling and being in charge
- aggrandize
- assume
- assumption
- authoritative
- balance of power
- divide
- dominant
- have sb by the balls idiom
- have sb eating out of your hand idiom
- have sb in the palm of your hand idiom
- have sth in hand idiom
- have/hold the whip hand idiom
- heel
- hook
- pull
- pull rank idiom
- pull the strings idiom
- putty
- regimentation
- rein
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masterful adjective (SKILFUL)
If an action is masterful, it is very skilful:
a masterful performance
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Skilled, talented and able
- able
- ably
- accomplished
- adept
- adroit
- clutch
- expert
- gifted
- handy
- have a nice, good, etc. line in sth idiom
- have inner resources idiom
- intimate 1
- practised
- preen
- proficient
- proficiently
- qualified
- resource
- slick
- workmanlike
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masterfully
adverb uk/ˈmɑː.stə.fəl.i/us/ˈmæs.tɚ.fəl.i/