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[syn: dictatorially, autocratically, magisterially]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Dictatorial \Dic`ta*to"ri*al\, a. [Cf. F. dictatorial.]
1. Pertaining or suited to a dictator; absolute.
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Military powers quite dictatorial. --W. Irving.
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2. Characteristic of a dictator; imperious; dogmatical;
overbearing; as, a dictatorial tone or manner. --
Dic`ta*to"ri*al*ly, adv. -- Dic`ta*to"ri*al*ness, n.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
dictatorially
adv 1: in an overbearingly domineering manner; as a dictator;
"this manager acts dictatorially toward his colleagues"
[syn: dictatorially, autocratically, magisterially]