The Czars ruled Russia autocratically. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
Adjective : autocratic government. ,autocratic behavior; an autocratic person. From Dictionary.com.
“Never mind the 'buts,'” he burst in autocratically. From Wordnik.com. [THE REJUVENATION OF MAJOR RATHBONE] Reference
Student representative council president Sakhile Khumalo said the campus was being run "autocratically" by acting rector Doretta van der Merwe. From Wordnik.com. [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference
The gems and currency expert sniffed autocratically. From Wordnik.com. [Time Scout]
Goldie sniffed autocratically and picked up the phone. From Wordnik.com. [Wagers of Sin]
Really Al Hafa and the Dhofar were ruled over autocratically by. From Wordnik.com. [Southern Arabia] Reference
Anti-christ, will autocratically put a stop to your sacrifices in your. From Wordnik.com. [The Mark of the Beast] Reference
And I've pretty well decided, "she added autocratically," to have chicken salad. From Wordnik.com. [The Imperialist] Reference
He did not, like Alvarez, rule the military autocratically, but rather by consensus. From Wordnik.com. [The Country of Nada] Reference
The Al-Thani family has governed Qatar efficiently, if autocratically over the years. From Wordnik.com. [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference
But that very franchise model still allows the BCCI to manage the league autocratically. From Wordnik.com. [Will It Be the IPL Without the Razzmatazz?] Reference
‘Come,’ Gabriel demanded autocratically, holding his hand out towards the nearest boy. From Wordnik.com. [Master of Pleasure]
Our Kings and Queens, you see, don't rule so much as reign, and not at all autocratically. From Wordnik.com. [Exile's Honor]
That month of November saw him master absolute wherever he was and he used his power autocratically. From Wordnik.com. [Charles the Bold Last Duke of Burgundy, 1433-1477] Reference
As its black defectors can testify, the DP is the most autocratically run party contesting this election. From Wordnik.com. [Is liberalism dead or alive] Reference
Their mother behaved to me with the cool graciousness of condescension, and autocratically bossed the family. From Wordnik.com. [Rat Race]
Their narrow self-serving political agendas have left both of their autocratically-run school systems in chaos. From Wordnik.com. [Mike Klonsky: Two More Reasons to Get Rid of Mayoral Control of the Schools] Reference
He does things impulsively, even autocratically, in a town where schmoozing is a high art and outsiders are suspect. From Wordnik.com. [A Curiously Silent Screamer] Reference
Then, catching herself, Goldie compressed her lips, glared at the people staring at her, and sniffed autocratically. From Wordnik.com. [Wagers of Sin]
For 60 years it presided autocratically over the Republic of China, which was driven from China's mainland to Taiwan. From Wordnik.com. [Thor Halvorssen: Taiwan Fails to Learn From Its Own History] Reference
The place of such loyalty in a truly democratic country as contrasted with an autocratically governed country seems plain. From Wordnik.com. [The Psychology of Nations A Contribution to the Philosophy of History] Reference
There was a huge and predictable cry from other shareholders that Murdoch was autocratically imposing his son on the company. From Wordnik.com. [Michael Wolff: Hacking Scandal: Murdoch to Blair -- Help!] Reference
At the time Mossadedeq was overthrown with CIA help, he had autocratically suspended elections and ruled Iran by "emergency decree.". From Wordnik.com. [Richard Z. Chesnoff: How Do You Say "Kumbaya" in Arabic?] Reference
St. Leger was recalled, and replaced by Sir Edward Bellingham, a stern and rigorous soldier, who ruled autocratically with a strong hand. From Wordnik.com. [England under the Tudors] Reference
Maliki was also quoted in his McClatchy interview autocratically defying any attempt to remove him from his seat of U.S. enabled authority. From Wordnik.com. [Fighting and Dying in Iraq to Make Room for Politicians] Reference
Eicke built all these camps autocratically, using the experiences he had gained to assist him in his perpetual battle of opinions with Pohl. From Wordnik.com. [Commandant of Auschwitz]
And last week Dinkie autocratically commanded Whinstane. From Wordnik.com. [The Prairie Child] Reference
He ruled Paraguay autocratically but well until his death in 1840, and the country prospered under him. From Wordnik.com. [Here, There and Everywhere] Reference
He ruled there autocratically, having instituted sundry ordinances disobedience to which had exile as its penalty. From Wordnik.com. [The Belovéd Vagabond] Reference
But Mr. Cleveland has not chosen to act the part of King Log, and right autocratically has he exercised his prerogative. From Wordnik.com. [Perley's Reminiscences, v. 1-2 of Sixty Years in the National Metropolis] Reference
Baltimore, the officers of Synod autocratically convened that body five weeks before the time fixed by the constitution. From Wordnik.com. [American Lutheranism Volume 1: Early History of American Lutheranism and The Tennessee Synod] Reference
Has he robbed none of their own hardly got earnings by his poisoned vodki and his autocratically imposed taxes and imposts?. From Wordnik.com. [Philistia] Reference
What's more this isn't seen as a convention that is pushed upon the team nor is it autocratically defined by a single lead. From Wordnik.com. [Boagworld recommends] Reference
From two o'clock precisely till eight o'clock precisely he took charge of John Baines, reigning autocratically over the bedroom. From Wordnik.com. [The Old Wives' Tale] Reference
Government was henceforth to be exercised not autocratically by divine right, but constitutionally by the sovereign will of the governed. From Wordnik.com. [A Political and Social History of Modern Europe V.1.] Reference
Are you autocratically exacting or 'assuming unwarrantable authority' by so doing in order to meet the responsibilities devolving upon you?. From Wordnik.com. [Katherine's Sheaves] Reference
If you want to impose a taboo upon a whole community, you must do it autocratically, you must make it part of the prevailing superstitions. From Wordnik.com. [A Preface to Politics] Reference
Then he walked aside with Judge Thompson for a few moments; returned to us, autocratically demanded of the party a complete reticence towards. From Wordnik.com. [A Protegee of Jack Hamlin's and Other Stories] Reference
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