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dictatorially

dictatorially adverb: in a dictatorial manner.

Adverb

dictatorially (comparative more dictatorially, superlative most dictatorially)

  1. In a dictatorial manner.
    • The barber's lad, it appeared, was about to pass a professional judgment on her own, when he was dictatorially ordered by the fur-shop girl to hold what she called his "mug."1913, Norman Lindsay, A Curate in Bohemia, Sydney: N.S.W. Bookstall Co., published 1932, page 89

Forms of dictatorially

comparativemore dictatorially
superlativemost dictatorially

Origin of dictatorially

From dictatorial + -ly.

Questions about dictatorially

What does dictatorially mean?
Dictatorially means in a dictatorial manner.
What part of speech is dictatorially?
Dictatorially is an adverb.

Words near dictatorially in the dictionary

  1. dictatoress
  2. dictatoresses
  3. dictatorial
  4. dictatorialism
  5. dictatoriality
  6. dictatorially
  7. dictatorialness
  8. dictatorian
  9. dictatorie
  10. dictatories
  11. dictatorless

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