Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- In an autocratic manner.
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- adverb In an
autocratic manner.
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- adverb in an autocratic manner
- adverb in an overbearingly domineering manner; as a dictator
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Examples
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“Never mind the 'buts,'” he burst in autocratically.
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Student representative council president Sakhile Khumalo said the campus was being run "autocratically" by acting rector Doretta van der Merwe.
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Such events show that Mr. Corzine was "autocratically running this organization," Mr. Neugebauer said.
Corzine Is the Invisible Man Scott Patterson 2012
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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 Judie Fein 2011
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But that very franchise model still allows the BCCI to manage the league autocratically.
Will It Be the IPL Without the Razzmatazz? Richard Lord 2011
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These utilities are also at the mercy of local Public Service Commissions that can, pretty much, autocratically stop needed rate increases, or demand rate decreases, reduction in staff and so on.
Think Progress » Duke’s Jim Rogers leaves Chamber of Commerce board after climate fight. 2010
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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 Judie Fein 2011
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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 Asad Khan 2011
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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 Judie Fein 2011
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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 Asad Khan 2011
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