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presidentially

presidentially

2 7.1
In a calm, confident way like a president making important decisions
  • adverb
  • /ˌprɛzɪˈdɛnʃəli/
translation icon : presidencialmente
  • The advisory board was composed entirely of presidentially appointed members who shaped national policy.
  • presidentially appointed

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Examples

  • The act created the California Debris Commission, which comprised three presidentially appointed officers from the Army Corps of Engineers.

    Academic text (1994)
  • Although Amtrak is a private corporation, it is financed by the federal government, governed by a presidentially appointed board, and is subject to extensive.

    Academic text (1994)
  • There's no question the market is there just waiting for "you" to step up to the podium and speak presidentially about who you are and what you do.

    Blog text (6)
  • It was replaced with an Aquino charter drafted not by an elected constituent assembly, but by a presidentially appointed committee.

    Academic text (1992)
  • Specifically, the presidentially appointed, bipartisan Security Resources Panel, commonly known as the Gaither Panel, made a pessimistic report about Soviet threats in November 1957.

    Academic text (1994)
  • Consider the law that granted presidentially appointed commissioners authority to fix the contours of the District of Columbia and to determine the needs for (and make provision for) accommodations for the new government.

    Academic text (2016)
  • Yet, Amtrak receives government subsidies, operates under extensive government regulation, and has a board of directors that is almost entirely presidentially appointed and removable by the president.

    Academic text (2016)
  • He has consolidated the country's 89 regions into seven administrative districts, each under a presidentially appointed prefect.

    Academic text (2002)
  • The act was prompted by the Supreme Court's earlier Hamdan v. Rumsfeld ruling, which had adjudged presidentially prescribed military tribunals a violation of domestic and international law.

    Academic text (2007)
  • In its reliance on presidentially designated policy experts, its carefully maintained secrecy from congressional and party leaders, and its ambitious comprehensiveness and complexity, the presidential effort to draft health care reforms identified Clinton not only with reform generally but with a very particular reform program.

    Academic text (1997)

Synonyms

executively
vspresidentially
1 7.0

Acts like a company leader by making decisions and taking charge

is broader, showing dignified or ceremonial leadership beyond decision making

How Presidential

presidentially
2 7.1
formally
  • Formal
149 3.7

Surface Forms

presidentially positive

Morphology

presidentially = presidential (transparent) = president + ial + ly

Formed by adding the productive adverbial suffix '-ly' to the adjective 'presidential', which itself is transparently formed from 'president' + '-ial'.

Etymology

Presidentially comes from president, which originally meant someone who 'sits in front' and comes from old parts meaning 'before' (prae-) and 'to sit' (sedere). So, to act presidentially is to act like someone who 'sits in front', calm and in charge.