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Magisterially

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mag·is·te·ri·al  (mj-stîr-l)
adj.
1.
a. Of, relating to, or characteristic of a master or teacher; authoritative: a magisterial account of the history of the English language.
b. Sedately dignified in appearance or manner: "She would appear on the porch and reign over the street in magisterial beauty" Harper Lee.
2. Dogmatic; overbearing: expounded on official protocol in magisterial tones.
3. Of or relating to a magistrate or a magistrate's official functions.
[Late Latin magisterilis, from magisterius, from Latin magister, master, teacher; see meg- in Indo-European roots.]
magis·teri·al·ly adv.
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Adv.1.magisterially - in an overbearingly domineering manner; as a dictator; "this manager acts dictatorially toward his colleagues"
autocratically, dictatorially
2.magisterially - in an authoritative and magisterial manner; "she spoke authoritatively"
authoritatively


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Jaggers standing magisterially before the fire and taking no share in the proceedings, Mike's eye happened to twinkle with a tear.
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There was plausible ground for each of these conjectures; but it must not be concealed that more than one elderly gentleman, the victim of good cheer and slothful habits, magisterially pronounced the secret of the whole matter to be Dyspepsia!
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Garth, magisterially, conscious of having done her own.
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