magisterially
In commanding fashion
Magisterially means in a manner befitting a magistrate or person of authority—commanding, authoritative, sometimes pompously so.
Someone who speaks magisterially delivers pronouncements as if from on high: He magisterially dismissed their concerns.
The word can suggest genuine expertise and confident mastery, or it can imply an overbearing manner that brooks no disagreement.
Exerting strong authority
- imperiousArrogantly authoritative
- peremptoryAdmitting no contradiction
- dictatorialImposing absolute control
- autocraticRuling with absolute authority
decisive · masterful · domineering · assertive · unquestionable · absolute · sovereign · supreme
Grand and imposing
- augustImpressively grand and noble
- nobleTitled or virtuous
- regalOf or befitting royalty
- grandImposing or splendid
solemn · gravitas · venerable · courtly · aristocratic · decorous · ceremonious · formal
One who decides
- benchShared seating surface
- courtTrial venue or sports surface
- verdictOfficial court decision
- rulingFormal legal determination
sentencing · gavel · robes · adjudicating · pronouncement · judgment · tribunal · juridical
commanding
Exerting strong authority
- imperiousArrogantly authoritative
- peremptoryAdmitting no contradiction
- dictatorialImposing absolute control
autocratic · decisive · masterful · domineering · assertive · unquestionable · absolute · sovereign · supreme · tyrannical
stately
Grand and imposing
grand · solemn · gravitas · venerable · courtly · aristocratic · decorous · ceremonious · formal · poised
judge
One who decides
ruling · sentencing · gavel · robes · adjudicating · pronouncement · judgment · tribunal · juridical · forensic
magisteriallymeekly
In docile manner
submissively · deferentially · obsequiously · servilely · subserviently
magisteriallyhesitantly
With uncertain manner
tentatively · diffidently · uncertainly · timidly · meekly
magisteriallyhumbly
Without pride or arrogance
modestly · unassumingly · deferentially · submissively · self-deprecatingly