The phrase "and authoritative in a" is grammatically correct and can be used in written English.
It can be used when describing something that has a commanding influence or is recognized as a reliable source in a specific context.
Example: "The report was well-researched and authoritative in a field that is often misunderstood."
Alternatives: "and credible in a" or "and influential in a".
God should look like Newman: lean, strong-chinned, white-haired, and authoritative in a calm and unassuming way — if only we had all been made in his image!
God should look like Newman: lean, strong-chinned, white-haired, and authoritative in a calm and unassuming way if only we had all been made in his image!
The German painter is sublime, profound, and authoritative in a way that invites high-flown comparisons and invocations of art history.
Mr. Hackman, looking flinty and authoritative in a selection of tweed jackets and hats from the Tom Landry Collection, seems to be repeating lines he used in "Hoosiers" and old United Airlines commercials.
Such a panel would be respected as fair and authoritative in a way that one composed of bickering Democrats and Republicans would not, and it would underscore that we are eager to return to the norms of the civilized world.
She is equally dextrous and authoritative in capturing the smallest moment of a character, alone in her own kitchen, engaged in a highly private act of self-laceration, and in sketching more inclusive scenes from war-torn Bosnia.
Skilled and authoritative in her legal judgments, Estella was an outstanding attorney, but the role she most valued was that of a loving wife and mother of two daughters, Amelia born in 2005, and Jessie in 2007.
He was praised for being entirely convincing as a hospital consultant and very dominant and authoritative in his role, "shouting orders in incomprehensible hospital-speak".
Urbane and authoritative in one paragraph, he is mean-minded and graceless in the next.
Jeremy Paxman's questions are naive and his style so over the top.. Jeremy Corbyn calm, good humoured and authoritative in response.
Thomas is just as enjoyable and authoritative in this mainstream fare as she is in more serious films.
