Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Masterly

Masterly , adjective

1.
Suitable to, or characteristic of, a master; indicating thorough knowledge or superior skill and power; showing a master's hand; as, a masterly design; a masterly performance; a masterly policy.
A wise and masterly inactivity. — Sir J. Mackintosh
2.
Imperious; domineering; arbitrary.

Masterly , adverb

With the skill of a master.
Thou dost speak masterly. — Shakespeare