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Authoritatively

Definition: Authoritatively

Authoritatively

Adverb

1. In an authoritative manner; "she spoke authoritatively".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "authoritatively" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1657. (references)


Synonyms: Authoritatively

Synonyms: magisterially (adv), with authority (adv). (additional references)

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Crosswords: Authoritatively

English words defined with "authoritatively": certificatory, certifieddetermineimperious, imposedmasterfulsetTo beat, To go into liquidation. (references)
Specialty definitions using "authoritatively": Fungi, UnclassifiedKeyboard Commando. (references)

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Commercial Usage: Authoritatively

DomainTitle

Books

  • Holy mizan : supreme paratestament of the new song as universally promised in other scriptures and authoritatively issued through the Lightbringer Shiloh for the healing of the nations and the glorification of our species in space and time : the bible of (reference)

    (more book examples)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Usage Frequency: Authoritatively

"Authoritatively" is generally used as an adverb (general) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Authoritatively" is used about 61 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)
Parts of SpeechPercentUsage per
100 Million Words
Rank in English
Adverb (general)100%6143,149

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Modern Translation: Authoritatively

Language Translations for "authoritatively"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Chinese 

  

权威地. (various references)

   

French

  

impérieuxse. (various references)

   

German

  

herrische (imperiously, masterfully). (various references)

   

Hungarian

  

határozottan (crisply, decidedly, decisively, deliberately, distinctly, emphatically, explicitly, firmly, markedly, resolutely, strenuously, sturdily). (various references)

   

Japanese Kanji 

  

厳然と (gravely, majestically, solemnly), 儼然と (gravely, majestically, solemnly), 儼として (gravely, majestically, solemnly). (various references)

   

Japanese Katakana 

  

'"ぜ"と (gravely, majestically, solemnly), '"として (gravely, majestically, solemnly, strictly). (various references)

   

Korean 

  

권위 있. (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

authoritativelyay

   

Romanian

  

autoritar (authoritative, strong-minded). (various references)

   

Russian 

  

авторитетно (ex cathedra). (various references)

   

Spanish

  

con autoridad (authoritative). (various references)

   

Ukrainian

  

владно (masterfully), авторитетно. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Rhyming with "Authoritatively"

# of Phoneme MatchesPronunciationWord(s) rhyming with "authoritatively" (pronounced uthô'rutā"tivlē)
8-u t ā" t i v l ēqualitatively.
6-ā" t i v l ēadministratively, creatively.
5-t i v l ēaccumulatively, actively, affectively, affirmatively, alternatively, appreciatively, assertively, attentively, attractively, collectively, comparatively, competitively, consecutively, conservatively, constructively, cooperatively, cumulatively, deceptively, definitively, distinctively, effectively, exhaustively, figuratively, furtively, imaginatively, instinctively, intuitively, legislatively, negatively, objectively, positively, preemptively, productively, prohibitively, prospectively, protectively, provocatively, relatively, respectively, retroactively, retrospectively, seductively, selectively, sensitively, substantively, tentatively.
4-i v l ēaggressively, cohesively, comprehensively, compulsively, conclusively, decisively, defensively, derisively, effusively, excessively, exclusively, expensively, explosively, extensively, impassively, impressively, impulsively, inconclusively, inexpensively, intensively, massively, obsessively, offensively, passively, persuasively, progressively, reflexively, successively.
3-v l ēbravely, gravely, lively, lovely, naively, plaintively, quantitatively.

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

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Anagrams: Authoritatively

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-a-e-h-i-i-l-o-r-t-t-t-u-v-y"

-2 letters: authoritative.

-4 letters: hortatively.

-5 letters: relativity, rotatively, ultraheavy, virtuality.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Crosswords
4. Usage: Commercial
5. Usage Frequency
6. Translations: Modern
7. Rhymes
8. Anagrams
9. Bibliography


  

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