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UK
/mˌædʒɪstˈiəɹɪəli/
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ADVERB
-
in an overbearingly domineering manner; as a dictator
this manager acts dictatorially toward his colleagues -
in an authoritative and magisterial manner
she spoke authoritatively
How To Use magisterially In A Sentence
- Yin Zang Yan, a stereotypical Fu Manchu style Chinese man, dressed as a mandarin, glances around magisterially.
- It may be that John Paul changed course somewhat after he had surveyed the Catholic world from Peter's throne, and that the credit he got for bringing down the Iron Curtain emboldened him to act magisterially rather than collegially. In Search of a Pope
