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Definition of Dictatorially
1. Adverb. In an overbearingly domineering manner; as a dictator. "This manager acts dictatorially toward his colleagues"
Definition of Dictatorially
1. Adverb. In a dictatorial manner. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Dictatorially
1. [adv]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Dictatorially
Literary usage of Dictatorially
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Editorials and Editorial-writing by Robert Wilson Neal (1921)
"Again, the editorial article is characterized by a sort of judicial manner;
it "speaks as one having authority," though not dictatorially nor presumptuously ..."
2. International Law: A Treatise by Lassa Oppenheim (1921)
"... because it dictatorially requests those other States to settle their difference
in a way to which both, or at any rate one of them, objects. ..."
3. The Preacher, His Life and Work by John Henry Jowett (1912)
"We may deal with it authoritatively or dictatorially. ... If we speak dictatorially
we shall be only combatants: if we speak authoritatively we shall be ..."
4. Capital: A Critique of Political Economy by Karl Marx (1906)
"... declared that the Home Secretary had no power dictatorially to suspend the
law, and continued their legal proceedings against the pro-slavery rebellion. ..."
5. George Eliot's Works by George Eliot (1894)
"... and he would willingly have continued to spare a large yearly sum that he
might rule it dictatorially, without any Board; but he had another favourite ..."
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