What is "masterful"

Usage examples of "masterful".

It did not occur to her until that masterful presence was withdrawn that Agatha Mansell, who despised gossip and considered accidental deaths sensational and therefore vulgar, had been oddly anxious to possess herself of all the facts of the case.

In 1139 she crossed to England, wherein siege, in battle, in council, in hair-breadth escapes from pursuing hosts, from famine, from perils of the sea, she showed the masterful authority, the impetuous daring, the pertinacity which she had inherited from her Norman ancestors.

Hard clam fans find a decided kick in the somewhat aggressive, masterful nature of the quahog, as opposed to the gentler, rather whimsical personality of the humble softie.

Howard Gardner does a masterful job of summarizing development as being the two processes of decreasing egocentrism and increasing interiority.

Bob came back tall, lanky, grinny, and rather dumb, and he found John undersized, wiry, masterful, and rather mooney, but strong and purposeful, for a boy.

It contained the skill of an accomplished gunfighter, adept at killing with masterful accuracy and no remorse.

Were these tankmen lying to impress her with how masterful the Germans remained?

The speech that Allard made was a masterful account of the Xinca Indians, from the days of their ancient myths to an analysis of their modern life and customs.

He left no illusions, no part unsullied, nothing unetched by his masterful touch.

Dave and I were both feeling rather chesty over the masterful manner in which we had aroused the popular feeling in favor of quarantine in our own interest, at the same time making it purely a local movement.

Her clasp on Concho loosened and she threw back her head, startled--to be still more startled at the touch of lips that were curved and thin and masterful.

But this too it behoveth to tell, That these masterful men of the cities of the Markmen know full well: And they wot of the well-grassed meadows, and the acres of the Mark, And our life amidst of the wild-wood like a candle in the dark.

Her masterful novels of romantic suspense include, Silverhill, Columbella, national bestsellers and bookclub selections which were preceded by the bestselling Sea Jade, Black Amber, Seven Tears for Apollo, and many others.

Abbott may accept my congratulations upon having achieved the most ingenious and masterful exhibition of casuistical legerdemain that it has ever been my fortune to encounter in my readings in the literatures of some thirty centuries and seven different languages.

He moved slowly and unhurriedly, conceding neither to haste nor urgency, masterful in his dignity.