commandinglyadv.
In a commanding position, manner, or degree.
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society > authority > command > [adverb]
peremptorily1440
commandinglya1603
commandly1622
imperativelya1710
society > authority > command > [adverb] > with commanding quality or aspect
imperially1479
imperiously1593
commandingly1741
the world > space > relative position > high position > [adverb] > higher > so as to dominate
commandingly1799
society > armed hostility > military operations > distribution of troops > military position > [adverb] > dominating by virtue of position
commandingly1799
a1603 T. Cartwright Confut. Rhemists New Test. (1618) 252 This word is giuen to Kinges with rule commandinglie.
a1660 H. Hammond Serm. (1675) i. 13 His practices are so commandingly exemplary.
1741 S. Richardson Pamela IV. xlviii. 296 If you speak as haughtily and commandingly.
1799 R. Southey Select. from Lett. (1856) I. 75 It stands commandingly on an eminence.
1847 T. De Quincey Secret Societies in Tait's Edinb. Mag. Oct. 669 Commandingly interesting to both parties.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online September 2021).
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