Meanings
comparative more managerial · superlative most managerial
- Of or relating to a manager or management; involving management-like duties.
I left the kitchen and went over to Chuckʼs desk, feeling very managerial when I asked him to show me his progress.
2019, Candice Carty-Williams, Queenie, Trapeze, page 2564 more examples
Annesley, at all events, saw an important-looking gentleman with a managerial air. He listened gravely and patiently to his visitor's recital and then struck a desk-bell.
1927, Ernest Bramah [pseudonym; Ernest Brammah Smith], Max Carrados MysteriesAs I crisscrossed managerial circles in different corporations, becoming known in some segments of the corporate world and running into managers that I had met in the course of my search, often in odd places, my personal contacts increased as managers referred me to each other.
1988, Robert Jackall, “Chapter 1: Moral Probations, Old and New”, in Moral Mazes: The World of Corporate Managers, Twentieth Anniversary edition, →ISBN, page 15Terry Gourvish, the lead author if the authorised commercial history of BR, described the new BTC structure thus: "The conclusion must be that the combination of a few undynamic railwaymen, underpaid full-timers (Commission and General Staff) and poorly-paid part-time businessmen was not a very potent managerial cocktail."
2023 March 8, David Clough, “The long road that led to Beeching”, in RAIL, page 38The game was much bigger than it would have been before England’s managerial handover from Southgate, Carsley the focus of plenty of the attention.
2024 September 7, David Hytner, “Rice and Grealish start new England era with Nations League victory in Ireland”, in The Guardian
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*(s)meh₂-
- Proto-Italic*manus
- Latinmanus
- Vulgar Latin*manizāre
- Old Italianmaneggiareder.?
- Old Frenchmanege
- Middle English*manage
- Englishmanage
- Englishmanager
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂el-
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂élisder.?
- Englishmanagerial
Translations
Catalan directiu
- directiuinvolving management-like duties
Chinese Mandarin 經理的 /经理的, 管理人的
- 經理的 /经理的 (jīnglǐ dì)involving management-like duties
- 管理人的 (guǎnlǐrén dì)involving management-like duties
Finnish johtamis-, johto-
- johtamis-involving management-like duties
- johto-involving management-like duties
French managérial
- managérialinvolving management-like duties
German Führungs-, Manager-
- Führungs-involving management-like duties
- Manager-involving management-like duties
- Management-involving management-like duties
- leitendinvolving management-like duties
Hungarian igazgatói
- igazgatóiinvolving management-like duties
Irish bainisteoireach
- bainisteoireachinvolving management-like duties
Italian manageriale, dirigenziale
- managerialeinvolving management-like duties
- dirigenzialeinvolving management-like duties
Korean 관리의
- 관리의 (gwalliui)involving management-like duties
Latin prōcūrātōrius
- prōcūrātōriusinvolving management-like duties
Polish kierowniczy
- kierowniczyinvolving management-like duties
Portuguese gerencial
- gerencialinvolving management-like duties
Russian ме́неджерский
- ме́неджерский (ménedžerskij)involving management-like duties
Spanish gerencial
- gerencialinvolving management-like duties
Swedish manageriell
- manageriellinvolving management-like duties
Rhymes & wordplay
Anagrams
Cite this entry
managerial. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/managerial
“managerial.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/managerial. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “managerial,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/managerial.
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