dictatorially

1. 1.

   in an overbearingly domineering manner; as a dictator

   “this manager acts dictatorially toward his colleagues”

   Synonymsautocraticallymagisterially

Questions about dictatorially

What does dictatorially mean?

dictatorially means "in an overbearingly domineering manner; as a dictator".

How many syllables are in dictatorially?

dictatorially has 6 syllables and divides as dic-ta-to-ri-al-ly under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

What is another word for dictatorially?

Close synonyms include autocratically, 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.