Masterful
adjective
Highly skilled and very confident or dominant.
She delivered a masterful performance in the play.
Often appears as...
- masterful performance
- masterful control
adjective
Showing a high level of authority or control.
His masterful leadership guided the team through the difficulties.
Often appears as...
- masterful leadership
- masterful command
adjective
Highly skilled and very confident or dominant.
She delivered a masterful performance in the play.
Often appears as...
- masterful performance
- masterful control
adjective
Showing a high level of authority or control.
His masterful leadership guided the team through the difficulties.
Often appears as...
- masterful leadership
- masterful command
Definition 1 of 2
Pro Tip 1/3Confidence Indicator
Use 'masterful' to describe someone showing great confidence and skill in their actions.
The chef's masterful handling of the kitchen impressed everyone.
Pro Tip 2/3Positive Connotation
'Masterful' often implies admiration for someone's talent and high competency.
With her masterful understanding of the law, she won the case easily.
Pro Tip 3/3Subtle Praise
Calling an action 'masterful' subtly praises both the outcome and the person's ability.
His masterful negotiation secured us a better deal.
Pro Tip 1/3Confidence Indicator
Use 'masterful' to describe someone showing great confidence and skill in their actions.
The chef's masterful handling of the kitchen impressed everyone.
Pro Tip 2/3Positive Connotation
'Masterful' often implies admiration for someone's talent and high competency.
With her masterful understanding of the law, she won the case easily.
Pro Tip 3/3Subtle Praise
Calling an action 'masterful' subtly praises both the outcome and the person's ability.
His masterful negotiation secured us a better deal.
Pro Tip 1/3Confidence Indicator
Use 'masterful' to describe someone showing great confidence and skill in their actions.
The chef's masterful handling of the kitchen impressed everyone.
Pro Tip 2/3Positive Connotation
'Masterful' often implies admiration for someone's talent and high competency.
With her masterful understanding of the law, she won the case easily.
Pro Tip 3/3Subtle Praise
Calling an action 'masterful' subtly praises both the outcome and the person's ability.
His masterful negotiation secured us a better deal.
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How Thor got his hammer...
He decided that his best bet was to pit two families against each other. He first visited the masterful sons of Ivaldi. He told them that their rivals, a pair of brothers named Brokk and Eitri, had claimed that they were the best craftsmen in the world and were determined to prove it in a competition.
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A brief history of...
an abstract celebration of the divine can still be found in arabesque patterns of Islamic textile design, with masterful flourishes of brushwork and Arabic calligraphy, where the words of the prophet assume a dual role as both literature and visual art. Likewise, in art from the early periods
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Making a TED-Ed Lesson:...
and see if your masterful paper engineering ideas translate from a sketch to the actual prototype. Instead of using fancy paper, start with the cheap stuff and allow yourself to make mistakes and adjustments. This prototype lets you see how your preliminary sketches will come to life.
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Axolotls: The...
and support the local community— along with the axolotl. Eventually, the benefits of saving this salamander might be even greater. Scientists hope that one day we’ll be able to apply the axolotl’s masterful tumor suppression and regenerative abilities to the human body.
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Cheetahs are Incredible...
are thought to help protect cheetahs vision from glare and allow them to see fantastic distances of up to five kilometres this means they can see their prey long before they can be seen themselves the cheetah is a masterful hunter with a 58 percent success rate
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The sneakiest tricksters...
Consider the mantis shrimp. Like other crustaceans, it molts as it grows, which leaves its soft body vulnerable to attack. But it’s still driven to protect its home against rivals. So it has become a masterful bluffer. Despite being fragile,
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Isaac Lidsky: What...
I learned that what we see is not universal truth. It is not objective reality. What we see is a unique, personal, virtual reality that is masterfully constructed by our brain. Let me explain with a bit of amateur neuroscience.
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Why Bittersweet Emotions...
really masterfully? I believe that all humans That the most fundamental aspect of our humanity is that we all have a kind of longing for a state that I call the perfect and beautiful world.
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Impala Turf Wars PIPE...
masterful hunters but an impala herd has many eyes with the cheetah spotted the herd burns and jumps away Impala can
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Enric Sala: Glimpses of...
Chris Thank you Enric. Enric Thank you. That was a masterful job
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How Thor got his hammer...
He decided that his best bet was to pit two families against each other. He first visited the masterful sons of Ivaldi. He told them that their rivals, a pair of brothers named Brokk and Eitri, had claimed that they were the best craftsmen in the world and were determined to prove it in a competition.
Video examples
A brief history of...
an abstract celebration of the divine can still be found in arabesque patterns of Islamic textile design, with masterful flourishes of brushwork and Arabic calligraphy, where the words of the prophet assume a dual role as both literature and visual art. Likewise, in art from the early periods
Video examples
Making a TED-Ed Lesson:...
and see if your masterful paper engineering ideas translate from a sketch to the actual prototype. Instead of using fancy paper, start with the cheap stuff and allow yourself to make mistakes and adjustments. This prototype lets you see how your preliminary sketches will come to life.
Video examples
Axolotls: The...
and support the local community— along with the axolotl. Eventually, the benefits of saving this salamander might be even greater. Scientists hope that one day we’ll be able to apply the axolotl’s masterful tumor suppression and regenerative abilities to the human body.
Video examples
Cheetahs are Incredible...
are thought to help protect cheetahs vision from glare and allow them to see fantastic distances of up to five kilometres this means they can see their prey long before they can be seen themselves the cheetah is a masterful hunter with a 58 percent success rate
Video examples
The sneakiest tricksters...
Consider the mantis shrimp. Like other crustaceans, it molts as it grows, which leaves its soft body vulnerable to attack. But it’s still driven to protect its home against rivals. So it has become a masterful bluffer. Despite being fragile,
Video examples
Isaac Lidsky: What...
I learned that what we see is not universal truth. It is not objective reality. What we see is a unique, personal, virtual reality that is masterfully constructed by our brain. Let me explain with a bit of amateur neuroscience.
Video examples
Why Bittersweet Emotions...
really masterfully? I believe that all humans That the most fundamental aspect of our humanity is that we all have a kind of longing for a state that I call the perfect and beautiful world.
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Impala Turf Wars PIPE...
masterful hunters but an impala herd has many eyes with the cheetah spotted the herd burns and jumps away Impala can
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Enric Sala: Glimpses of...
Chris Thank you Enric. Enric Thank you. That was a masterful job
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Damien Hirst
British Artist
Painting like a child' isn't a negative for me... it's something only great artists can really achieve. The childlike quality of some of Picasso's drawings is precisely what makes them so masterful and extraordinary; the ability to express complete visions, feelings and portraits through a continuous line.
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Phil Hellmuth
American Celebrity
There are times when success doesn't make sense on a purely mathematical basis. I've played absolutely perfectly before, put in a masterful performance, and then my perfect play evaporated because one guy lost his mind and got lucky. Of course, I've also won that way.
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Andre Dubus III
American Writer
One of the accidental joys of my writing life has been that I've had some lovely, surprisingly good fortune with readers, and I've brought readers to my dad's work. I can't tell you the joy that gives me. Because my father's work was masterful.
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Vidal Sassoon
British Businessman
If you get hold of a head of hair on somebody you've never seen before, cut beautiful shapes, cut beautiful architectural angles and she walks out looking so different - I think that's masterful.
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Jefferson Han
American Scientist
Multi-touch sensing was designed to allow nontechies to do masterful things while allowing power users to be even more virtuosic.
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Cathy Engelbert
American Businesswoman
Behind every great athlete is a masterful coach that inspires the athlete to evolve into the strongest performer they can become.
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Rick Wilson
American Author
Trump is a masterful con man, he's always trying to squeeze a little more juice out of his marks.
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Chael Sonnen
American Athlete
Ronda's a very basic and straightforward fighter. However, she's a masterful competitor.
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Michael Hastings
American Politician
The genius of David Petraeus has always been his masterful manipulation of the media.
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Tim LaHaye
American Clergyman
I think it's Jerry's masterful fiction writing.
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Damien Hirst
British Artist
Painting like a child' isn't a negative for me... it's something only great artists can really achieve. The childlike quality of some of Picasso's drawings is precisely what makes them so masterful and extraordinary; the ability to express complete visions, feelings and portraits through a continuous line.
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Phil Hellmuth
American Celebrity
There are times when success doesn't make sense on a purely mathematical basis. I've played absolutely perfectly before, put in a masterful performance, and then my perfect play evaporated because one guy lost his mind and got lucky. Of course, I've also won that way.
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Andre Dubus III
American Writer
One of the accidental joys of my writing life has been that I've had some lovely, surprisingly good fortune with readers, and I've brought readers to my dad's work. I can't tell you the joy that gives me. Because my father's work was masterful.
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Vidal Sassoon
British Businessman
If you get hold of a head of hair on somebody you've never seen before, cut beautiful shapes, cut beautiful architectural angles and she walks out looking so different - I think that's masterful.
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Jefferson Han
American Scientist
Multi-touch sensing was designed to allow nontechies to do masterful things while allowing power users to be even more virtuosic.
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Cathy Engelbert
American Businesswoman
Behind every great athlete is a masterful coach that inspires the athlete to evolve into the strongest performer they can become.
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Rick Wilson
American Author
Trump is a masterful con man, he's always trying to squeeze a little more juice out of his marks.
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Chael Sonnen
American Athlete
Ronda's a very basic and straightforward fighter. However, she's a masterful competitor.
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Michael Hastings
American Politician
The genius of David Petraeus has always been his masterful manipulation of the media.
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Tim LaHaye
American Clergyman
I think it's Jerry's masterful fiction writing.
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