authoritative
Example Sentences
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“It writes with absolute, unwavering confidence but strips out all specific, concrete details, resulting in prose that sounds authoritative but evaporates the moment you try to extract actual meaning from it.”
"I got taken in the office with a policeman and Mr Phillips was being all authoritative," Karen explains.
From BBC
She didn’t have Mom’s authoritative voice anymore; she just sounded embarrassed.
From Literature
The new creations entered the repertory amid a number of authoritative performances of tried and true ballets—mostly by the troupe’s incomparable founding choreographer George Balanchine.
Djokovic was reading Alcaraz's serve well and once he got in the rallies was authoritative, with a sensational forehand winner earning him two set points.
From Barron's
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