Lyam cleared the way ahead of them, quite authoritative for such a short fellow.

She had the grand manner, besides, and an authoritative way of comporting herself, which bent everybody to her will.

They thought him over, but his shop experience had given him something of the authoritative way of the expert with common men.

But, she added, "we could not find a definitive, authoritative way."

"But it does happen to be the most authoritative way to answer the most basic question about the election, which is who's going to win."

Sometimes he simply felt more authoritative that way.

No, Frank,' said the detective in an authoritative way.

Second, Americans need to be told in the most authoritative - and attention-grabbing - way about the full range of interests that are at stake.

He has a very authoritative way of speaking, but he doesn't really know what he is talking about.

Given the context, City could be pardoned for feeling that they had returned to authoritative ways.