M`ASTERLY, a. Formed or executed with superior skill; suitable to a master; most excellent; skillful; as a masterly design; a masterly performance; a masterly stroke of policy.
1. Imperious.
M`ASTERLY, adv. With the skill of a master.
Thou dost speak masterly.
""I think it very masterly written,"" in Swift, is improper or unusual.
