commandingly

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.20 in modern English

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adv

"And yet, somehow, did Ahab—in his own proper self, as daily, hourly, and every instant, commandingly revealed to his subordinates,—Ahab seemed an independent lord […]"
"She could see it all so clearly, so commandingly, when she looked: it was when she took her brush in hand that the whole thing changed."
"“Delightful idea,” said Lady Partridge. […] / “It is, I believe, an irresistible one,” said Lipscomb, laying his left hand commandingly on the table."
"“I ordered for the table,” she says, commandingly."

Etymology tree English commanding Middle English -ly English -ly English commandingly From commanding + -ly.

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