authoritatively

adv
/ɔːˈθɒɹɪtətɪvli/UK/ɔˈθɔɹəˌteɪtɪvli/US

Etymology

From Middle English auctoritatively, auctoritativeli; compare Medieval Latin auctoritātīve; equivalent to authoritative + -ly.

  1. inherited from auctoritatively

Definitions

  1. In an authoritative manner

    In an authoritative manner; with authority.

    • He has, of course, the right to speak authoritatively, and he laughs at my theory that there was a crack in Pansay's head and a little bit of the Dark World came through and pressed him to death.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at authoritatively. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

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A definitional loop anchored at authoritatively. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

8 hops · closes at authoritatively

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

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