as in skillfully
in a skillful or expert manner
plays the violin masterfully, especially for a performer of her age
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Recent Examples of masterfully
While traditional tailoring and minimalist silhouettes dominated the red carpet, prospects masterfully personalized their looks.
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Tiana Randall,
Forbes.com,
25 June 2026
Son moved fast, especially up the left wing, and arced balls masterfully into the corners of the net.
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E. Tammy Kim,
New Yorker,
24 June 2026
From the streets to the sheets, West Coast prodigy Blxst has turned his pain and passion into profit by masterfully blending melodies with bars.
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Adelle Platon,
VIBE.com,
24 June 2026
July 13 will mark 25 years since the world first got to know Elle Woods in 2001’s Legally Blonde, played masterfully by Reese Witherspoon.
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Rachel Burchfield,
InStyle,
22 June 2026
In Kindred, Octavia Butler masterfully blends time travel with historical slave narratives to craft a harrowing, poignant critique of the most shameful American institution.
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Janey Wetzel,
PEOPLE,
19 June 2026
Their pursuit leads them down a highly unusual path with no easy answers, and Bong masterfully balances tonal shifts from bleak tragedy to absurdist humor to highlight why the case remains so compelling.
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Eric Farwell,
Entertainment Weekly,
12 June 2026
In each, the mood is of hedonistic distraction; the weird, dozy attenuation of modern life is masterfully distilled.
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Mark Rozzo,
Vanity Fair,
12 June 2026
The interiors here masterfully combine European luxury with Mongolian influence, and every guest room has floor-to-ceiling windows.
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Mae Hamilton,
Travel + Leisure,
10 June 2026
Tiana Randall,
Forbes.com,
25 June 2026
Son moved fast, especially up the left wing, and arced balls masterfully into the corners of the net.
—
E. Tammy Kim,
New Yorker,
24 June 2026
From the streets to the sheets, West Coast prodigy Blxst has turned his pain and passion into profit by masterfully blending melodies with bars.
—
Adelle Platon,
VIBE.com,
24 June 2026
July 13 will mark 25 years since the world first got to know Elle Woods in 2001’s Legally Blonde, played masterfully by Reese Witherspoon.
—
Rachel Burchfield,
InStyle,
22 June 2026
In Kindred, Octavia Butler masterfully blends time travel with historical slave narratives to craft a harrowing, poignant critique of the most shameful American institution.
—
Janey Wetzel,
PEOPLE,
19 June 2026
Their pursuit leads them down a highly unusual path with no easy answers, and Bong masterfully balances tonal shifts from bleak tragedy to absurdist humor to highlight why the case remains so compelling.
—
Eric Farwell,
Entertainment Weekly,
12 June 2026
In each, the mood is of hedonistic distraction; the weird, dozy attenuation of modern life is masterfully distilled.
—
Mark Rozzo,
Vanity Fair,
12 June 2026
The interiors here masterfully combine European luxury with Mongolian influence, and every guest room has floor-to-ceiling windows.
—
Mae Hamilton,
Travel + Leisure,
10 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for masterfully
Adverb
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In one of prettiest team goals of this tournament, Ayase Ueda skillfully found Ritsu Doan, who threaded it to Maeda.
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The staff knows the menu and wine list back to front, and buzz around the dining room quickly and skillfully.
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The legendary German goalkeeper Manuel Neuer seemed well-positioned to catch the ball.
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Unlike the public comment sessions of school board meetings, which have been overwhelmingly well-attended since the Texas Education Agency took over the district in March, there was no time limit for remarks.
Adverb
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The new owner, Jasen Mark, snapped it up four years ago, then spent $8 million to turn a rundown resort into a new five-star property that artfully straddles modern amenities and a nostalgic embrace of simpler times.
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Co-directed by the singer, the clip was artfully shot and empathetically told, and got fans sufficiently invested that Kiyoko eventually published a YA novel expanding the adventures of its young lovers, Coley and Sonya.
Adverb
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The characters have little time to make life-or-death decisions, let alone ruminate, and the action vacillates between triage and doctors expertly improvising solutions — like Mel (Taylor Dearden) donating her own blood, and Javadi (Shabana Azeez) going MacGyver mode with a tracheal tube.
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The latter sequence is edge-of-your-seat stuff, expertly shot with terrified eye-to-eye closeups.
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Backed by tens of thousands of raucous fans in the Los Angeles area, Bosnia capably hung with Switzerland into the second half — until the hydration break led to a moment of brilliance from Manzambi, a 20-year-old Geneva native who plays for German club Freiburg.
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Boston College transfer Omar Thornton also is an accomplished safety, but UM used him primarily at nickel cornerback this spring, a role handled capably last season by Keionte Scott, who’s now with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.
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Similarly, John Portman’s Entelechy II in Georgia and Ray Kappe’s home in Los Angeles deftly manipulate space and perspective, employing bold geometries and gravity-defying cantilevers to connect airy interiors to the landscape.
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Both were able to deftly differentiate between information released before the latest patch and information released afterward, even when articles didn’t explicitly mention which game version they were based on.
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Seated near the senators, a woman in a crisp white uniform appears to listen in, her hands folded neatly in her lap.
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Legacy is what keeps many founders going when the numbers no longer add up neatly.
Adverb
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Rams architects Les Snead and Sean McVay can still adroitly motivate a player without pressing too hard.
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Shrines, Puzzles, and a Sprawling World The Adventures of Elliot adroitly fuses sharp combat with intricate puzzle-solving, further cementing the Zelda feel.
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“Masterfully.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/masterfully. Accessed 30 Jun. 2026.
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