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au·thor·i·ta·tive  (-thôr-ttv, -thr-, ô-thôr-, ô-thr-)
adj.
1. Having or arising from authority; official: an authoritative decree; authoritative sources.
2. Of acknowledged accuracy or excellence; highly reliable: an authoritative account of the revolution.
3. Wielding authority; commanding: the captain's authoritative manner.
au·thori·tative·ly adv.
au·thori·tative·ness n.
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Adv.1.authoritatively - in an authoritative and magisterial manner; "she spoke authoritatively"
magisterially
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"You must do as I say," I interrupted authoritatively, for I saw Wolf Larsen's gaze wandering toward us from where he paced up and down with Latimer amidships.
The Sea Wolf by London, Jack View in context
Welland, who confided it to Newland Archer; who, aflame at the outrage, appealed passionately and authoritatively to his mother; who, after a painful period of inward resistance and outward temporising, succumbed to his instances (as she always did), and immediately embracing his cause with an energy redoubled by her previous hesitations, put on her grey velvet bonnet and said: "I'll go and see Louisa van der Luyden.
The Age of Innocence by Wharton, Edith View in context
Bauerstein pushed his way authoritatively into the room.
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