dictatingly

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adverb

So as to dictate or give an order.

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Meanings

adverbdictatingly (not comparable)
  1. not comparableSo as to dictate or give an order.

    […] at the end of the play when the voice coldly and dictatingly informs the soldiers that there is another war to fight in another part of the world […]

    2013, Fátima Vieira, Dystopia(n) Matters: On the Page, on Screen, on Stage, page 312

Origin

From dictating + -ly.

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Cite this entry
APA

dictatingly. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dictatingly

MLA

“dictatingly.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dictatingly. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “dictatingly,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dictatingly.

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