magisterially
Americanadverb
Example Sentences
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There’s nothing wrong with this approach, as Euripides magisterially proved in his argumentative tragedies more than two millennia ago.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 15, 2019
What made this “Aida” indelible, however, was Anita Rachvelishvili’s magisterially hell-raising performance as Amneris.
From The New Yorker ● Oct. 4, 2018
He wrote on India without knowing anything about it, without ever setting foot in it, but as usual, being only too willing to pronounce magisterially on things he couldn’t even begin to understand.
From Slate ● May 14, 2018
There’s really no way to soften this: He’s a straight-up copy of the titular storybook beastie in Jennifer Kent’s magisterially sad horror film “The Babadook.”
From New York Times ● Feb. 22, 2017
As he imparted this melancholy circumstance to Wemmick, Mr. Jaggers standing magisterially before the fire and taking no share in the proceedings, Mike’s eye happened to twinkle with a tear.
From "Great Expectations" by Charles Dickens
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