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masterful

mas.ter.ful \'mas-t*r-f*l\ \-f*-le-\ aj 1: IMPERIOUS, DOMINEERING  2: 
   having or reflecting the technical or artistic skill of a master {@ 
   drawings a ~ speechM: MASTERFUL implies a strong virile personality and 
   ability to deal authoritatively with affairs; DOMINEERING suggests an 
   overbearing or tyrannical manner and an obstinate attempt to enforce one's 
   will; IMPERIOUS implies more arrogance than MASTERFUL but less insolence 
   than DOMINEERING; PEREMPTORY stresses insistence on an immediate response 
   to one's commands; IMPERATIVE implies peremptoriness arising more from the 
   urgency of the situation than from one's temperament - mas.ter.ful.ly av 
   SYN syn DOMINEERING, IMPERIOUS, PEREMPTORY, IMPERATIVE)