directorial

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adjective

Of or pertaining to a director

Less commonScrabble 14

Meanings

adjectivedirectorial (comparative more directorial, superlative most directorial)

comparative more directorial · superlative most directorial

  1. 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 6
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    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
  2. 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 495
    1 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

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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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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