AUTHORITATIVELY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does authoritatively mean? 

• AUTHORITATIVELY (adverb)
  The adverb AUTHORITATIVELY has 1 sense:

1. in an authoritative and magisterial manner

  Familiarity information: AUTHORITATIVELY used as an adverb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• AUTHORITATIVELY (adverb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

In an authoritative and magisterial manner

Synonyms:

authoritatively; magisterially

Context example:

she spoke authoritatively

Pertainym:

authoritative (having authority or ascendancy or influence)

 Context examples 

A registered nurse who has completed an advanced training program endorsed authoritatively as having met certain requirements in adult medicine.

(Certified Adult Nurse Practitioner, NCI Thesaurus)

"Say 'Miss Smith,'" the librarian stated authoritatively.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)

“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 Jack London)

He spoke authoritatively.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)

"If somebody'll come here and sit with him!" he snapped authoritatively.

(The Great Gatsby, by F. Scott Fitzgerald)