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magisterially

American  
[maj-uh-steer-ee-uh-lee] / ˌmædʒ əˈstɪər i ə li /

adverb

  1. in a way that is magisterial.


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What made this “Aida” indelible, however, was Anita Rachvelishvili’s magisterially hell-raising performance as Amneris.

From The New Yorker Oct. 4, 2018

In these City Ballet performances, the freedom of Robbins’s departures from the details of his music felt like the paintings in which Cézanne leaves parts of the canvas magisterially unpainted, or like Matisse cutouts.

From New York Times May 22, 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

All credit to Bartlett Sher, who didn’t win for his direction but whose adroit staging magisterially served a drama that might have seemed dry and dutiful in less expert hands.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 12, 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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