1. In an overbearingly domineering manner; as a dictator
   - dictatorially, magisterially, bossily 
2. In an autocratic manner
   "the Czars ruled Russia autocratically"

See also: autocratic

• play a joke on
• play a trick on
• play along
• play around
• play ball
• play down
• play false
• play group
• play hooky
• play it by ear
• play on words
• play out
• play possum
• play reading
• play the field
• play therapy
• play tricks
• play truant
• play up
• play with fire
• Play-Doh
• playa
• playable
• playact
• playacting