dictatorially
Americanadverb
Example Sentences
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It’s not simply that the targets — dictatorially conformist parents, a milquetoast yet nevertheless controlling husband, grotesquely sexist colleagues and a bullying surrogate mother-in-law — are cartoonishly drawn.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 15, 2023
After seizing control in Indonesia, Suharto ruled dictatorially for 30 more years.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 2, 2020
Surprising factoid: Though most famous for his declaration, “Live long and prosper,” Spock of “Star Trek” once said, less dictatorially, “There are always possibilities.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 20, 2016
The studio system arose, concentrating filmmaking in a handful of dictatorially efficient corporations employing thousands and turning out movies at a tremendous rate.
From Salon ● Jun. 12, 2012
"You must talk with him," whispered Oscar softly, but dictatorially.
From 'Clear the Track' A Story of To-day by Elisabeth Buerstenbinder (AKA E. Werner)
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