virtuoso

SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Skilled, talented and able
able
ably
accomplished
adept
adeptly
dexterous
dexterously
digital native
expert
expertly
polished
practised
preen
proficient
proficiently
pyrotechnician
well qualified
white-collar
with the best of themidiom
workmanlike

Examples of masterly

masterly
Its analytical accounts of institutional structures and its masterly fusion of institutional and evolutionary themes might eventually warrant its status as a modern classic.
We should not, then, be surprised to find the combination of masterly evocative rhetoric and poetic co-ordination in his prose writings in general.
The most striking feature, which they all share, is the inexhaustible brilliance and masterly assurance of the sonorous and completely grateful writing for piano.
Both are masterly reviews, dealing clearly with one of the hardest problems in geology - the history of an area with little or no net deposition.
This masterly textbook comes from an author with a proven track-record.
It is a masterly and elegantly written work.
It is impressively masterly in its acceptance and control of traditional musical virtues, including those of compelling formal organization and brilliant orchestration.
In general, the edition is less than masterly.
By masterly performance and powerful speech - in the court room and on the scaffold - he turned his trial into something of a triumph.
The reason for this is not only the masterly creation of space, the sensitivity to materials and colours.
The instrumental writing for the orchestra is masterly, colorful, full of variety, and continually engaging.
Pitts' coverage of this complex period is masterly.
Redgate's pacing and control - especially of the long, high sustained lines and haunting multiphonic trills towards the middle and end of the piece - are masterly.
His analysis is masterly, and no one who admires - or suspects - this music will come away from it with anything other than increased respect for the composer and his achievement.
Having read such a masterly work one hesitates to quibble over details but it is unfortunate that the numerous maps are drawn to so many different scales.
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