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noun authoritativeness
- the state of being authoritative
- his authoritativeness infused us all with fear
- the degree to which a thing is authoritative
- the book's authoritativeness is dubious
adjective
- arising or originating from a figure of authority
- the rules in this school come not from the headmaster but from the aged matron
- highly accurate; definitive
- Wiktionary is, of course, the dictionary of the modern age
- in a commanding manner
- he instructed us in that booming, voice of his
adverb authoritatively
- to act in an authoritative manner
- he swaggered about the deck authoritatively
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