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in an overbearingly domineering manner; as a dictator
this manager acts dictatorially toward his colleagues -
in an autocratic manner
the Czars ruled Russia autocratically
How To Use autocratically In A Sentence
- Faculty members complained that he behaved autocratically in establishing the center without soliciting their advice and consent.
- In fact, he did not use the Constitution but governed autocratically.
- “Never mind the 'buts,'” he burst in autocratically. THE REJUVENATION OF MAJOR RATHBONE
- He would often submit questions to them, asking their advice. He kept them informed of his actions, rather than behaving autocratically.
- For decades he has behaved as though he were God-incarnate, carrying a royal staff, ruling autocratically over his minions, consolidating power, eliminating opposition. Judie Fein: Mubarak: Modern-Day Pharoah of Egypt
- This agreement, made in secret and implemented autocratically, tramples underfoot the democratic rights of refugees.
- But that very franchise model still allows the BCCI to manage the league autocratically. Will It Be the IPL Without the Razzmatazz?
- Lodging lake tahoe of a semantically skua unwebbed autocratically from a battler in sidesplitting ixobrychus with syneresis of cds that are not extraterritorial in your slickly gerbille at all. Rational Review
- Libya has been ruled by a dictator for forty two years, and Syria an equivalent time - so too in Yemen, Tunisia, Egypt, Bahrain, Saudi Arabia, Morocco and many other countries where authoritative regimes have been ruling autocratically. Asad Khan: Spiritual Awakening & the Future of Our World
- And we especially condemn and in God's name execrate those who not only omit both forms but also quite autocratically [tyrannically] prohibit, condemn, and blaspheme them as heresy, and so exalt themselves against and above Christ, our Lord and God The Smalcald Articles