commandingly
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5.8
- adverb
- /kəˈmændɪŋli/
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con autoridad
- She entered the room commandingly, immediately drawing everyone's attention to her confident presence.
- sat commandingly
Examples
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From this position, she could commandingly deliver patriotic poems like "Canadian Born" and "Made in Canada" in the role of an articulate subject within the colonial/nationalist discourses in circulation at the time.
Academic text (2017) -
Miz Smith was a big-boned, dark-haired woman, not pretty, not even handsome, but impressively, commandingly feminine.
Fiction book (1994) -
"Hertha," she said commandingly, "tell him.
Fiction book (1992) -
Stand up, look back on all those equations, some perhaps more hopeful than others, raise one's finger commandingly, and give the order 'Fly.'
Academic text (1991) -
He spoke commandingly to the boy.
Fiction book (1992) -
Only instead of tilting her head up so that he could kiss her, the Lothario of London said commandingly, "Sit down."
Fiction book (2001) -
Sork saw that a turtle half again as tall as Litlun, twice as tall as any human, stood commandingly in their way.
Fiction book (1991) -
Uncaring, our machine rounds the bend of Godfrey Avenue towards the unmonumental Franklin Viaduct, cab commandingly high over other traffic.
Fiction book (1998) -
A half-wipe leaves a split screen with half of the screen remaining Norville, the other half becoming a still of Ike standing in a tank turret, pointing commandingly.
Fiction book (1994) -
Occasionally, you could hear Natalie screeching commandingly at them, "Don't touch that!" She was a skinny kid in a pink training suit, with frizzy brown hair pulled tightly back.
Fiction book (1996)
Synonyms
36
2.9
In a way that shows a person is sure and not afraid
34
3.6
In a very strong and forceful way
4
6.7
In a confident way that makes people respect or obey you
2
5.1
In a confident, firm way that makes your opinions and needs clear
1
6.7
In a way like a king or queen who shows great dignity
1
8.6
To speak in a commanding way that expects people to obey
1
9.8
Speak or act so that others cannot say no
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7.9
In a way that tries to control others and ignores their views
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7.7
In a confident, commanding way that shows power
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7.6
In a firm way that tells people what to do
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7.0
Acts like a company leader by making decisions and taking charge
In a way that shows highest power and full freedom
In a self-important, bossy way as if always right
In a way that shows someone wants to control other people
In a way that treats other people as unimportant and ignores their views
In a way that tells people what to do
Antonyms
How Commanding
Surface Forms
Morphology
commandingly = commanding (transparent) = command + ing + ly
The adverb is a regular -ly formation from the adjective 'commanding', which itself transparently derives from the verb 'command'.
Etymology
Commandingly comes from command, which means to 'order' or 'put someone in charge', and the endings -ing and -ly turn it into a word that shows how something is done. So to act commandingly is to behave like you are giving orders — strong, confident, and in control.