English-Thai Dictionary

masterful

ADJ ที่ ใช้อำนาจ  ที่ วางอำนาจ  ที่ ชอบ ข่ม  authoritarian commanding ti-chai-am-nad

 

masterful

ADJ เชี่ยวชาญ  ชำนาญ  สันทัด  เจนจัด  perfect skillful chiao-chan

 

masterfully

ADV อย่าง เชี่ยวชาญ  yang-chiao-chan

 

masterfulness

N ความ เชี่ยวชาญ  kwam-chiao-chan

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

MASTERFUL

a.Having the skill of a master; also, imperious; arbitrary.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

MASTERFUL

MASTERFUL Mas "ter *ful, a.

 

1. Inclined to play the master; domineering; imperious; arbitrary. Dryden.

 

2. Having the skill or power of a master; indicating or expressing power or mastery. His masterful, pale face. Mrs. Browning.

 

MASTERFULLY

MASTERFULLY Mas "ter *ful *ly, adv.

 

Defn: In a masterful manner; imperiously. A lawless and rebellious man who held lands masterfully and in high contempt of the royal authority. Macaulay.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

masterful

mas ter ful |ˈmastərfəl ˈmæstərfəl | ▶adjective 1 powerful and able to control others: behind the lace and ruffles was a masterful woman. 2 performed or performing very skillfully: a masterful assessment of the difficulties. DERIVATIVES mas ter ful ly adverb, mas ter ful ness noun usage: Some writers maintain a distinction between masterful and masterly, using masterful to mean ‘powerful and able to control others ’ ( a masterful tone of voice ) and masterly to mean ‘with the skill of a master ’ ( a masterly performance ). In practice, the two words overlap considerably in the second meaning: more than half the citations for masterful in the Oxford English Corpus relate to the sense ‘with the skill of a master ’.

 

Oxford Dictionary

masterful

master |ful |ˈmɑːstəfʊl, -f (ə )l | ▶adjective 1 powerful and able to control others: he looked masculine and masterful. 2 performed or performing very skilfully: a masterful assessment of the difficulties. DERIVATIVES masterfully adverb, masterfulness noun usage: Some writers maintain a distinction between masterful and masterly, using masterful to mean ‘powerful and able to control others ’ ( a masterful tone of voice ) and masterly to mean ‘with the skill of a master ’ ( a masterly performance ). In practice the two words overlap considerably in the second meaning: more than half the citations for masterful in the Oxford English Corpus relate to the sense ‘with the skill of a master ’.

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

masterful

masterful adjective 1 a masterful man: commanding, powerful, imposing, magisterial, lordly, authoritative; dominating, domineering, overbearing, overweening, imperious. ANTONYMS weak. 2 their masterful handling of the situation: expert, adept, clever, masterly, skillful, skilled, adroit, proficient, deft, dexterous, accomplished, polished, consummate; informal crack, ace. ANTONYMS inept. EASILY CONFUSED WORDS masterful, masterly Masterful and masterly overlap in meaning and are sometimes confused. Masterful can mean ‘domineering, ’ but it also means 'very skillful, masterly. ' Note, however, that masterful used in this 'masterly' sense generally describes a person (he has limited talent, but he's masterful at exploiting it ), while masterly usually describes an achievement or action (that was a masterly response to our opponents ’ arguments ).These notes clear up confusion between similar-looking pairs.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

masterful

masterful adjective 1 he looked self-assured and masterful: commanding, powerful, controlling, imposing, magisterial, lordly, authoritative, dominating, domineering, overbearing, overweening, imperious, bossy, peremptory, high-handed, arrogant, autocratic, dictatorial, tyrannical, despotic; informal pushy. ANTONYMS weak, meek, wimpish. 2 their masterful handling of the situation: expert, adept, clever, masterly; skilful, skilled, adroit, proficient, deft, dexterous, accomplished, polished, excellent, superb, superlative, consummate, first-rate, peerless, fine; informal crack, stellar, ace. ANTONYMS incompetent, inept. EASILY CONFUSED WORDS masterful or masterly? Some writers use masterful only in the sense ‘powerful and able to control others ’ (a masterful tone of voice ) in order to maintain the distinction from masterly. In practice, however, the two words are used almost equally in this sense. These notes clear up confusion between similar-looking pairs.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

masterful

mas ter ful /mǽstə r f (ə )l |mɑ́ːs -/形容詞 ｟ほめて ｠1 (指導者として )器量 [度量 ]がある, 指導力のある ; 〈人が 〉その場を支配することができる .2 ＝masterly .3 横柄な .～ly 副詞 ～ness 名詞