proprietorial

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Baldwin's manner on the set was proprietorial: "Can we do that without the tubercular cough in the background?"

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  • He was fascinated by the little girl; his fear had transformed directly to excitement and a kind of proprietorial pride. —  Asimov's Science Fiction, March 2002
  • His vanity led him into a too-proprietorial attitude towards the new service. —  Luftwaffe Victorious
  • Baldwin's manner on the set was proprietorial: "Can we do that without the tubercular cough in the background?" —  Waxy.org Links
  • You would either have to be very stuffy, or inappropriately proprietorial about the two of them, to object to the word marriage. —  National Review Online
  • The process of PRINCE2 is in the world domain, offering up non-proprietorial most adept exercise direction with project management.
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