masterliness
Consummate command shown
The quality of demonstrating mastery or exceptional skill.
Masterliness suggests command and authority in execution: The masterliness of her brushwork revealed decades of practice.
The word is rarely used, with mastery or masterful handling serving more commonly in its place.
Skilled performance level
- virtuosityExceptional technical skill
- adeptnessHighly developed ability
- competenceAdequate ability to function
- brillianceExceptional intelligence or luster
excellence · artistry · craftsmanship · finesse · skillfulness · accomplishment · erudition · knowledge
Accuracy of measurement
- dexteritySkillful hand coordination
- finesseSubtle, deft handling
- craftsmanshipSkill in making objects
- artistryExceptional creative skill
execution · control · refinement · polish · flair · grace · facility · exactitude
Power to enforce obedience
governance · direction · leadership · management · oversight · coordination · supremacy · ascendancy
Physical skill and agility
- agilityQuickness and ease
- strengthPower to exert force
- enduranceSustained effort capacity
- performanceCarrying out a task
coordination · stamina · flexibility · speed · power · balance · nimbleness · deftness
proficiency
Skilled performance level
- virtuosityExceptional technical skill
- adeptnessHighly developed ability
- competenceAdequate ability to function
brilliance · excellence · artistry · craftsmanship · finesse · skillfulness · accomplishment · erudition · knowledge · wisdom
precision
Accuracy of measurement
- dexteritySkillful hand coordination
- finesseSubtle, deft handling
- craftsmanshipSkill in making objects
artistry · execution · control · refinement · polish · flair · grace · facility · exactitude · meticulousness
authority
Power to enforce obedience
grip · governance · direction · leadership · management · oversight · coordination · supremacy · ascendancy · influence
athleticism
Physical skill and agility
performance · coordination · stamina · flexibility · speed · power · balance · nimbleness · deftness · sureness
masterlinessamateurishness
Lack of skilled refinement
incompetence · ineptitude · ineptness · clumsiness · inexpertness
masterlinessamateurism
Nonexpert or unpaid status
dilettantism · shoddiness · sloppiness · carelessness · mediocrity
masterlinesscrudeness
Lack of sophistication
roughness · coarseness · gracelessness · artlessness · sloppiness
master, mastery, mister, masterpiece, mastered, masterful, mastering, masterly, masterfully