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dictatorially

adv

Etymology

From dictatorial + -ly.

  1. borrowed from dictātor — “a chief magistrate”
  2. suffixed as dictatorial — “dictator + ial”
  3. suffixed as dictatorially — “dictatorial + -ly”

Definitions

  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."

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