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magisterially adverb uk /ˌmædʒ.ɪˈstɪə.ri.ə.li/ us /ˌmædʒ.əˈstɪr.i.ə.li/ in a way that has or seems to have complete authority: She started walking magisterially among the tables. "Please sit down," he said magisterially. Taking advantage of a confused USA defence, he scored his goal magisterially. She met many people who spoke magisterially about art and attended fancy dinners. The Lake Tahoe landscape is magisterially exploited by the cinematographer. He magisterially ignored the advice of his political colleagues and published the report. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases Controlling and being in charge aggrandize assert your authority assume assumption authoritative cynical get the better of someoneidiom get your hooks into someone/somethingidiom get/fall into the wrong handsidiom govern guiding principle peremptorily peremptory play Godidiom plenipotentiary police slow tame wrangle wrangler
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