Go idly, as a master, to an inferior position (7)
I believe the answer is:
maunder
'go idly as a' is the definition.
I can't judge whether this defines the answer.
'master to an inferior position' is the wordplay.
'master' becomes 'ma'.
'to' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'an inferior position' becomes 'under' (I can't explain this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'ma'+'under'='MAUNDER'
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for maunder that I've seen before include "ramble" , "Drivel" .)