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dictatingly

dictatingly adverb: so as to dictate or give an order.

Adverb

dictatingly (not comparable)

  1. So as to dictate or give an order.
    • […] at the end of the play when the voice coldly and dictatingly informs the soldiers that there is another war to fight in another part of the world […]2013, Fátima Vieira, Dystopia(n) Matters: On the Page, on Screen, on Stage, page 312

Origin of dictatingly

From dictating + -ly.

Questions about dictatingly

What does dictatingly mean?
Dictatingly means so as to dictate or give an order.
What part of speech is dictatingly?
Dictatingly is an adverb.

Words near dictatingly in the dictionary

  1. dictaters
  2. dictates
  3. dictatest
  4. dictateth
  5. dictating
  6. dictatingly
  7. dictation
  8. dictation machine
  9. dictation machines
  10. dictational
  11. dictations

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