Meanings
comparative more directorial · superlative most directorial
- Of or pertaining to a director
The Seventies, that most directorial of decades.
2011, Kevin Avery, Conversations with Clint: Paul Nelson's Lost Interviews with Clint Eastwood 1979-1983, Continuum International Publishing Group, page 61 more example
We cannot afford to disregard the evidence of directorial choices.
2014, C. W. Marshall, The Structure and Performance of Euripides' Helen, Cambridge University Press, page 242 - Of or pertaining to administration or to a directorate
The analysis ... is consistent with the fair treatment of directors and parties affected by directorial behaviour.
2002, Vanessa Finch, Corporate Insolvency Law: Perspectives and Principles, Cambridge University Press, page 4951 more example
After very warm debates, the result was, that the directorial minister of Mentz should make the strongest possible representations to the Emperor's principal commissary.
1763, Sands, Brymer, Murray and Cochran, The Scots Magazine MDCCLXIII - Volume XXV, self-published, page 52
Origin
From Latin dīrēctōrius + -al. By surface analysis, director + -ial.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Italian direttivo, direttivo
- direttivoof or pertaining to a director
- direttivoof or pertaining to a directorate
Spanish directoral, directorial
- directoralof or pertaining to a director
- directorialof or pertaining to a director
- directorioof or pertaining to a directorate
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Cite this entry
directorial. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/directorial
“directorial.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/directorial. Accessed November 2, 2026.
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