masterly

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In “His Masterly Pen,” a thoroughly engrossing study of Thomas Jefferson, Fred Kaplan demonstrates that he, too, wields a masterly pen.

From Washington Post • Nov. 22, 2022

Fred Kaplan, who focused on Lincoln’s prose in “Lincoln: The Biography of a Writer,” now assesses Thomas Jefferson in “His Masterly Pen: A Biography of Jefferson the Writer.”

From Seattle Times • Aug. 25, 2022

Masterly but gleeful technicians, fleet in dynamics and changes of direction, these two — with the same dark-glinting eyes — are kindred spirits.

From New York Times • Dec. 7, 2018

Masterly in technical skill and emotional effect, the results represent one of the artistic peaks of Hollywood in its golden age.

From The Guardian • Aug. 23, 2010

The result was that the line ran thus:—"Sex: Masterly."

From Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 150, June 7, 1916 by Seaman, Owen, Sir