This manager acts dictatorially toward his colleagues. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
"Tell him to come to us," said Rose, dictatorially. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 18, No. 109, November, 1866] Reference
Nduzulwana, who is accused of operating dictatorially. From Wordnik.com. [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference
DK: “You must always cut – ly adverbs,” he said dictatorially. From Wordnik.com. [Writer Unboxed » Blog Archive » INTERVIEW: Dave King, Part 2] Reference
Agreed even a corporate CEO can't behave dictatorially and be effective. From Wordnik.com. [Obama "is not a messiah and does not act or speak like one. He's a traditionalist in many ways."] Reference
For Leninists there was an answer: the vanguard of the proletariat rules dictatorially. From Wordnik.com. [The Volokh Conspiracy » Change I Can Believe In] Reference
He provided camels, and they had perforce to go, as they had been so dictatorially bidden. From Wordnik.com. [Memoir and Letters of Francis W. Newman] Reference
However, I think the mayor is beginning to behave dictatorially, more like a king than a mayor. From Wordnik.com. [Hermene Hartman: The Hubris, er, Huberman Appointment] Reference
Hafez al-Assad, who had dictatorially ruled Syria since 1971, died and was succeeded by his son, Bashar al-Assad. From Wordnik.com. [2000, Jan. 13] Reference
Chitauro told the Sydney Morning Herald newspaper that Howard had dictatorially imposed his views about Zimbabwe on a. From Wordnik.com. [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference
In music, as we know, he retains the classical tastes he has always cultivated and sometimes dictatorially recommended. From Wordnik.com. [William of Germany] Reference
They target Chavez for removal, denounce all his beneficial changes, and falsely accuse him of governing dictatorially. From Wordnik.com. [Chavez Revamps His Intelligence Services: The Corporate Media React] Reference
It turns out the Times is run like virtually every other American corporation: hierarchically and sometimes dictatorially. From Wordnik.com. [A Correction: Not A Crisis] Reference
"That brings me to my next point," Luis Quental went on dictatorially, his dark scornful eyes still trained on Toni's fingers. From Wordnik.com. [River Of Desire]
Upon what principle, then, can the President assert so dictatorially as he does, that the Federal Government is concluded from action?. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 01, No. 03, January, 1858] Reference
Wordsworth has so dictatorially uttered -- and what then?. From Wordnik.com. [Recreations of Christopher North, Volume 2] Reference
Frau von Eschenhagen shook her head and said dictatorially. From Wordnik.com. [The Northern Light] Reference
Stalinism was Marxism dictatorially controlled from Moscow. From Wordnik.com. [American Thinker] Reference
"His lordship is fond of turkey," said Mr Smith, dictatorially. From Wordnik.com. [Jacob Faithful] Reference
"You're not going to marry him, do you hear?" he said dictatorially. From Wordnik.com. [Secret Adversary] Reference
"It's getting late, Ally," he said parentally, but not dictatorially. From Wordnik.com. [The Twins of Table Mountain] Reference
"Pooh!" said Aberton, dictatorially, "she never had any thing to say to him.". From Wordnik.com. [Pelham — Complete] Reference
He spoke with the firm accent of one accustomed to govern, but never dictatorially. From Wordnik.com. [Some Diversions of a Man of Letters] Reference
The state can only have one function, which it fulfils democratically or dictatorially. From Wordnik.com. [Anarchist news dot org - News for anarchists and their friends] Reference
It is partly want of habit, because, except as one speaks somewhat dictatorially to pupils. From Wordnik.com. [Life of John Coleridge Patteson]
"Nonsense, a man always has time to get married," declared Schönau, just as dictatorially. From Wordnik.com. [The Northern Light] Reference
Not dictatorially so, but with a humorous, half-satirical insistence that was very engaging. From Wordnik.com. [Winding Paths] Reference
"It is now a quarter-past ten," he announced dictatorially; "I should advise you all to be going.". From Wordnik.com. [The Treasure of Heaven A Romance of Riches] Reference
"You are not to be allowed to maroon yourself with Miss Brentwood any longer," she said dictatorially. From Wordnik.com. [The Grafters] Reference
The lesson is that a dictatorially governed country will be inclined to conduct an aggressive foreign policy. From Wordnik.com. [The Brussels Journal - The Voice of Conservatism in Europe] Reference
The House runs on the will of the majority, with 218 Members able to run the place as dictatorially as can 435. From Wordnik.com. [The Right Angle @ HumanEvents.com] Reference
"Then you're a pioneer?" asked Hemmingway, a little less dictatorially, as they passed out under the dripping trees. From Wordnik.com. [Mr. Jack Hamlin's Mediation] Reference
Typically, the ideologically limited, but dictatorially enabled, system cannot reform itself without abolishing itself. From Wordnik.com. [The Brussels Journal - The Voice of Conservatism in Europe] Reference
One can believe that he scarcely wishes to march dictatorially, and full surely his Egyptian policy was from step to step. From Wordnik.com. [Complete Short Works of George Meredith] Reference
Holding in his hands the malachite casket that was the symbol of his triumph, the Duke smiled dictatorially at his darling. From Wordnik.com. [Zuleika Dobson, or, an Oxford love story] Reference
"That is a very pleasant voice," said poor Staines, rather more dictatorially than became the present state of his intellect. From Wordnik.com. [A Simpleton] Reference
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