dictatoriallyadv.
/ˌdɪktəˈtɔːrɪəli/, U.S. /ˌdɪktəˈtɔriəli/ In a dictatorial manner; imperiously; domineeringly, overbearingly.
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the mind > emotion > pride > arrogance > [adverb]
lordlya1398
statelya1450
succudrouslyc1480
insolentlya1513
arrogantly1529
imperiously1536
rufflingly1575
stuntly1581
huffingly1611
surlily1611
swaggeringly1611
controllingly1612
surlya1616
superbly1663
dictatorially1731
huffishly1755
dictatorily1788
bounceably1838
high-handedly1867
society > authority > rule or government > oppression > [adverb] > domineeringly or overbearingly
masterfully1395
masterlyc1425
masterlikec1450
superciliously1528
imperiously1536
dictator-like1581
magistrallya1603
lordlily1611
Nestoriously1620
magisterially1625
magistratically1650
magisteriously1673
domineeringly1684
dictatorially1731
dictatorily1788
overbearingly1824
high-handedly1867
1731 J. Balguy Second Let. to Deist 66 Tho' he handle Religion so magisterially, and treat of moral Subjects so dictatorially.
a1797 H. Walpole Mem. George II (1847) II. viii. 277 Lord Hardwicke still took the lead very dictatorially.
1832 Examiner 538/1 Why should the state dictatorially step in and forbid the transaction?
1880 ‘Mrs. Forrester’ Roy & Viola I. 13 ‘You will come to-morrow,’ repeats Netta dictatorially.
1914 Times 5 Nov. 6/1 It seems evident that Prussia is behaving even more dictatorially in war than in peace.
1939 J. G. Robertson Lessing's Dramatic Theory ii. v. 134 He had long ceased to be a vital or even a respected power in the literary world over which he had once ruled dictatorially.
1999 K. G. Henshall Dimensions Japanese Society iii. 149 The most effective leader is one who can draw together the members of a group rather than dictatorially impose a decision.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, November 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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