masterly
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In 1857, The Times praised it as "masterly in conception and effect" and a worthy partner to Monarch of the Glen.
From BBC ● Jun. 16, 2026
Writing about the U.N. deliberations on Iraq, Will gushed over Secretary of State Colin Powell’s supposedly sober, masterly and “unhistrionic” presentation.
From Salon ● Dec. 20, 2025
Weaver masterly balances both sides of the equation.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 19, 2025
“Mask & Bone” by Jamesie Fournier is a slightly overwritten but otherwise masterly unmasking of ordinary family life that reveals ancient secrets and generational trauma of the supernatural kind.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 17, 2025
But the way he said nothing was masterly.
From "Black Swan Green" by David Mitchell
