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Definitions: Masterfully |
MasterfullyAdverb1. In a skillfully masterful manner; with the skill of a master; "the young boy played the violin sonata masterfully". 2. In a domineering and masterful manner; "his gaze held hers masterfully". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "masterfully" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1380. (references) |
| "Masterfully" is generally used as an adverb (general) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Masterfully" is used about 13 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Adverb (general) | 100% | 13 | 97,576 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| Language | Translations for "masterfully"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
French | impérieusement, génialement. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
German | meisterhaft (expertly, masterful, masterly, superb), herrische (authoritatively, imperiously). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | asterfullymay magistralmente (magisterially, magistrally). (various references) amirane (authoritative, commandingly, dictatorial, imperiously, lordly, magisterial). (various references) упевнено, владно (authoritatively), майстерно (artistically, masterly, nattily, skilfully, skillfully, workmanlike). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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"Masterfully" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Masterfly, masterfull. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "masterfully" (pronounced ma"sterfulē) |
| 5 | -er f u l ē | wonderfully. |
| 4 | -f u l ē | anencephaly, artfully, blissfully, carefully, cheerfully, delightfully, dreadfully, dutifully, faithfully, fitfully, forcefully, frightfully, gainfully, gleefully, gracefully, gratefully, helpfully, hopefully, joyfully, lawfully, manfully, meaningfully, mercifully, painfully, peacefully, pitifully, playfully, purposefully, regretfully, respectfully, rightfully, ruefully, skillfully, successfully, tactfully, tastefully, tearfully, thankfully, thoughtfully, truthfully, unlawfully, unsuccessfully, usefully, wilfully, willfully, wishfully, wistfully, woefully, wrongfully. |
| 3 | -u l ē | abnormally, abysmally, accidentally, actually, additionally, agriculturally, anecdotally, angrily, annually, anomaly, arbitrarily, architecturally, artificially, beneficially, bilaterally, bodily, botanically, broccoli, brutally, busily, casually, centrally, cerebrally, chronically, Cicely, circumstantially, civilly, clinically, clumsily, coincidentally, comically, commercially, conceptually, conditionally, confidentially, congressionally, conspiratorially, constitutionally, continentally, continually, contractually, contradictorily, conventionally, cordially, crazily, criminally, critically, culturally, customarily, cynically, developmentally, diagonally, diametrically, digitally, dismally, diurnally, dorsally, easily, editorially, educationally, eerily, electrically, electronically, emotionally, empirically, environmentally, equally, essentially, eternally, ethically, eventually, exceptionally, experimentally, exponentially, externally, extraordinarily, facsimile, factually, family, fanatically, fatally, federally, finally, financially, fiscally, florally, formally, fractionally, frantically, frugally, functionally, fundamentally, generally, generationally, geographically, giggly, globally, gloomily, governmentally, gradually, gravelly, gravitationally, greedily, habitually, handily, happily, hastily, haughtily, heartily, heavily, hermetically, historically, homily, horizontally, hungrily, icily, illegally, impartially, incidentally, incrementally, individually, industrially, informally, initially, institutionally, intellectually, intentionally, internally, internationally, intrinsically, involuntarily, irrationally, jauntily, journalistically, judicially, lazily, legally, liberally, literally, locally, loyally, luckily, magically, magnetically, majestically, manually, marginally, materially, mathematically, medicinally, mentally, merrily, methodically, metrically, mightily, militarily, mineralogically, minimally, momentarily, monetarily, monopoly, monumentally, morally, mortally, multifamily, multilaterally, municipally, mutually, nasally, nationally, nattily, naturally, necessarily, noisily, nominally, normally, novelly, nutritionally, occasionally, officially, oligopoly, operationally, optimistically, orally, orchestrally, ordinarily, originally, parenthetically, partially, pathetically, perennially, periodically, peripherally, perpetually, personally, phenomenally, philosophically, physically, politically, potentially, pragmatically, preferentially, preliminarily, presidentially, primarily, procedurally, professionally, proportionally, provincially, provisionally, quintessentially, racially, radially, rationally, readily, regally, regionally, ritualistically, romantically, royally, sardonically, satisfactorily, scantily, scientifically, seasonally, secondarily, semiannually, sequentially, serenely, severally, sexually, skeptically, sleepily, sloppily, socially, specially, speedily, spiritually, statistically, statutorily, steadily, steamily, structurally, subfamily, subliminally, substantially, subtly, summarily, supremely, surgically, symbolically, sympathetically, tactically, tangentially, technically, technologically, temperamentally, temporally, temporarily, terminally, territorially, testily, theatrically, theoretically, therapeutically, totally, traditionally, Tripoli, uncannily, unconditionally, unconstitutionally, uncritically, uneasily, unequivocally, unhappily, unilaterally, unintentionally, universally, unnaturally, unnecessarily, unofficially, unusually, usually, virtually, viscerally, visually, vitally, vocally, voluntarily, warily, wearily, wiggly, wittily, wobbly. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-e-f-l-l-m-r-s-t-u-y" | |
-2 letters: masterful, restfully, tearfully. | |
-3 letters: artfully, festally, masterly, maturely, refutals, staumrel, tramells, trayfuls. | |
-4 letters: alertly, allures, amulets, armfuls, armlets, armsful, earfuls, elytrum, estrual, estuary, fallers, falsely, falters, ferulas, flamers, flayers, fluster, fluters, fullams, fullers, fullery, fullest, fulmars, furmety, lamster, laurels, lustral, mallets, malleus, mastery, matures, maulers, mesally, muletas, mullers, mullets, mulleys, myrtles, rallyes, refalls. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)4D 61 73 74 65 72 66 75 6C 6C 79 |
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| Braille (1829, in France) (references)
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Morse Code (1836) (references)-- .- ... - . .-. ..-. ..- .-.. .-.. -.--. |
| Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01001101 01100001 01110011 01110100 01100101 01110010 01100110 01110101 01101100 01101100 01111001 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)M a s t e r f u l l y |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)004D 0061 0073 0074 0065 0072 0066 0075 006C 006C 0079 |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)4767858671847287787891 |
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