dictatorially

English

Etymology

From dictatorial +‎ -ly.

Adverb

dictatorially (comparative more dictatorially, superlative most dictatorially)

  1. In a dictatorial manner.
    • 1913, Norman Lindsay, A Curate in Bohemia, Sydney: N.S.W. Bookstall Co., published 1932, page 89:
      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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