autocratically

1. 1.

   in an overbearingly domineering manner; as a dictator

   “this manager acts dictatorially toward his colleagues”

   Synonymsdictatoriallymagisterially
2. 2.

   in an autocratic manner

   “the Czars ruled Russia autocratically”

Questions about autocratically

What does autocratically mean?

autocratically means "in an overbearingly domineering manner; as a dictator". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in autocratically?

autocratically has 6 syllables: au-to-cra-ti-cal-ly. The stress falls on "ti".

What is another word for autocratically?

Close synonyms include dictatorially, magisterially. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is autocratically a common word?

autocratically is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.