Masterly vs Adept - What's the difference?
masterly | adept | Related terms |
That has been executed in the manner of one who is a master; extremely competently.
Imperious; domineering; arbitrary.
In a masterful manner; competently.
Well skilled; completely versed; thoroughly proficient
* 1837-1839 ,
One fully skilled or well versed in anything; a proficient; as, adepts in philosophy.
* 1841 , , Barnaby Rudge :
* 1894-95 , , Jude the Obscure :
Masterly is a related term of adept.
As adjectives the difference between masterly and adept
is that masterly is that has been executed in the manner of one who is a master; extremely competently while adept is well skilled; completely versed; thoroughly proficient.As an adverb masterly
is in a masterful manner; competently.As a noun adept is
one fully skilled or well versed in anything; a proficient; as, adepts in philosophy.masterly
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- Her years of experience enabled her to render a masterly performance .
Derived terms
*masterly inactivityAdverb
(en adverb)- When playing the violin his masterly bowing technique was a joy to hear .
adept
English
Adjective
(en-adj)- Adept as she was, in all the arts of cunning and dissimulation, the girl Nancy could not wholly conceal the effect which the knowledge of the step she had taken, wrought upon her mind.
Synonyms
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* ineptNoun
(en noun)- When he had achieved this task, he applied himself to the acquisition of stable language, in which he soon became such an adept , that he would perch outside my window and drive imaginary horses with great skill, all day.
- Others, alas, had an instinct towards artificiality in their very blood, and became adepts in counterfeiting at the first glimpse of it.
