Masterly

Christ in masterly fashion drew a distinction between God and emperor while at the same time decreeing obedience to both God and emperor [1] – a fact that did not prevent the imperial procurator's condemnation of Christ to death on the cross. ❋ Unknown (2009)

The painters, hearing these words, applied themselves with all diligence to do what he required of them and wrought it out in masterly style; and when they had made an end of the work, they showed it to the Wazir who, seeing his so-called dream set forth as it was280 was pleased and thanked them and rewarded them munificently. ❋ Unknown (2006)

‘With pleasure,’ said I, and playing another measure in masterly fashion, sang thereto these couplets, ❋ Unknown (2006)

One of the many charms of The Letters of Kingsley Amis (2000), which has been edited in masterly fashion by Zachary Leader, is the way in which the collection demonstrates the slow transformation of this symbiotic relationship, whereby each man took on some of the qualities of the other and mutated rather nicely into a counterpart rather than an opposite. ❋ Unknown (2002)

The superiority of his picture over Falconer's, lies in the simplicity and strength of the style, in the ease of the narrative, in the variety of the incidents and characters, and in certain short masterly touches, now of pathos, now of infernal humour, and now of description, competent only to Byron and to ❋ George Gilfillan (1845)

He says that paper plus water, plus emotion will give a result in themselves and proceeds with the idea at hand in what may without the least temerity be called a masterly fashion; he has run the gamut of experience with his materials from the earliest ❋ Marsden Hartley (N/A)

Parker, indeed, they could not easily turn away, but Lord Peter found himself confronted with a surly manner and what Lord Beaconsfield described as a masterly inactivity. ❋ Dorothy Leigh (1923)

Since my midnight discovery I felt pretty certain that I could identify the ghost; and as I recalled the masterly way in which Mose had led and directed the hunt, I decided that he was cleverer than Rad had given him credit for. ❋ Jean Webster (1896)

Her turning away her lover _now_ is just the act of what the French call a masterly woman -- _maitresse femme. ❋ Charles Reade (1849)

A facility in composing, a lively, and what is called a masterly handling the chalk or pencil, are, it must be confessed, captivating qualities to young minds, and become of course the objects of their ambition. ❋ Joshua Reynolds (1757)

He calls Sayers 'pen "masterly" that wrote these lines: ❋ Conrad Hjalmar Nordby (1883)

For, let them be assured, there is a great truth lurking in that common desire of men to see things done in what they call a "masterly," or ❋ John Ruskin (1859)

For, let them be assured, there is a great truth lurking in that common desire of men to see things done in what they call a "masterly," or "bold," or ❋ John Ruskin (1859)

McClellan's profitless campaign against Richmond, and especially his disastrous "change of base" by a "masterly" seven days 'retreat, involving as many bloody battles, had greatly dispirited all Union men, and encouraged the Rebels and Rebel-sympathizers to renewed hopes and efforts. ❋ John Alexander Logan (1856)

The heart of Ms. Nochimson's critique is the charge that Ms. Bigelow and her "masterly" technique have been lauded while Nancy Meyers and Nora Ephron have endured "summary dismissal." ❋ By MANOHLA DARGIS (2010)

Ms. Ruehl finds herself on Broadway as the mighty matriarch in Ben Brantley of the New York Times calls "masterly," Ruehl portrays Eva Adler, the German-Jewish mother to a "special" daughter Lili, vacationing in the Catskills. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Person A: How was the [concert] man? Person B: [MASTERLY]!!!! Person A: How were [the waves] dude? Person B: MASTERLY!!! ❋ Ceej (2004)

ok: -"How was the concert?" -"[Masterliness]!!" "[Dark Side of the Moon] by Pink Floyd is the essence of [masterliness]" "[The weather's] masterliness" Not ok: "Damn, that girl's tits are the essence of masterliness!" < ❋ General G. Thompsky (2010)

"I say, Jenkins," said Master [Dobbs], "[I believe it's] time for some masterly bation." "Certainly, sir" said Jenkins. "The white gloves?" "Of course," said Master Dobbs [indignantly] as he unbuttoned his trousers, "were you brought up in a barn?" ❋ Scodder (2010)