authoritatively

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Scrabble points
24
Words With Friends
25
Letters
15
Pronunciation
/ɔːˈθɒɹɪtətɪvli/ (UK)
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/ɔːˈθɒɹɪtətɪvli/ (UK) · /ɔˈθɔɹəˌteɪtɪvli/ (US)

Definition of authoritatively

1 sense · 1 part of speech · etymology included

adv

  1. In an authoritative manner; with authority.
    “He has, of course, the right to speak authoritatively, and he laughs at my theory that there was a crack in Pansay's head and a little bit of the Dark World came through and pressed him to death.”
    “The inability of Trump's own spokespeople to speak authoritatively on the president's thinking and actions -- a challenge even Trump himself has acknowledged -- has left the White House with an enormous credibility gap, and has tarnished the reputations of many of its most visible spokespeople.”

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Etymology

From Middle English auctoritatively, auctoritativeli; compare Medieval Latin auctoritātīve; equivalent to authoritative + -ly.

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