magisterially
Americanadverb
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At Edinburgh’s Royal Infirmary amphitheater, patients would be ushered beneath his impressive gaze; a “lithe man” with “steel-blue eyes,” Bell would press his fingertips together and peer magisterially over his eagle nose.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 23, 2026
What made this “Aida” indelible, however, was Anita Rachvelishvili’s magisterially hell-raising performance as Amneris.
From The New Yorker ● Oct. 4, 2018
Atticus-worship is not confined to Alabamians who revere the saint portrayed in “To Kill a Mockingbird” and then enshrined in 1962’s movie version by a magisterially virtuous Gregory Peck.
From New York Times ● Jun. 18, 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
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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