adj. 25B6; adjective
a magisterial pronouncement : AUTHORITATIVE, masterful, assured, lordly, commanding, assertive.
his magisterial style of questioning : DOMINEERING, dictatorial, autocratic, imperious, overbearing, peremptory, high-handed, arrogant, supercilious, patronizing; informal bossy.
untrustworthy, humble, hesitant, tentative.