authoritatively

1. 1.

   in an authoritative and magisterial manner

   “she spoke authoritatively”

   Synonymsmagisterially

Questions about authoritatively

What does authoritatively mean?

authoritatively means "in an authoritative and magisterial manner".

How many syllables are in authoritatively?

authoritatively has 6 syllables: au-thori-ta-ti-ve-ly. The stress falls on "ti". In IPA it is /əˌθɔɹəˈteɪtɪvli/.

What is another word for authoritatively?

Close synonyms include magisterially. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is authoritatively a common word?

authoritatively is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with authoritatively?

1 word rhymes with authoritatively. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.