Tikibu: pronunciation dictionary with use examples

Word: magisterial
IPA transcription: [m,ædʒɪst'iɹiəl]
adverb meaning of the word
  • Synonyms: distinguished, grand, imposing, magisterial
    Meaning: used of a person's appearance or behavior; befitting an eminent person; "his distinguished bearing"; "the monarch's imposing presence"; "she reigned in magisterial beauty"
  • Synonyms: autocratic, bossy, dominating, high-and-mighty, magisterial, peremptory
    Meaning: offensively self-assured or given to exercising usually unwarranted power; "an autocratic person"; "autocratic behavior"; "a bossy way of ordering others around"; "a rather aggressive and dominating character"; "managed the employees in an aloof magisterial way"; "a swaggering peremptory manner"
  • Synonyms: magisterial
    Meaning: of or relating to a magistrate; "official magisterial functions"
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