Antonyms for masterly
ˈmæs tər li, ˈmɑ stər-mas·ter·ly

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1. masterly

   Antonyms:
   clumsy, rude, bungling, unskilled, botchy, maladroit

   Synonyms:
   finished, artistic, consummate, skillful, clear, dexterous, expert

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1. consummate, masterful, masterly, virtuoso(a)adjective

   having or revealing supreme mastery or skill

   "a consummate artist"; "consummate skill"; "a masterful speaker"; "masterful technique"; "a masterly performance of the sonata"; "a virtuoso performance"

   Antonyms:
   unskilled

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1. masterlyadjective

   Synonyms:
   skillful, proficient, adroit, dexterous, finished

How to use masterly in a sentence?

1. Jimmy Hanson:

   He spared no pains to make the place attractive so that it might minister comfort to the men, then every night would see him at the work which he loved and excelled in – expounding the Scriptures in a masterly way to the men who gathered to hear him.

2. Edmund Burke:

   In doing good, we are generally cold, and languid, and sluggish; and of all things afraid of being too much in the right. But the works of malice and injustice are quite in another style. They are finished with a bold, masterly hand; touched as they are with the spirit of those vehement passions that call forth all our energies, whenever we oppress and persecute.

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