commanding

Definition

Tending to give commands, authoritarian.

Example Sentences

• "Nothing was too small to receive attention, if a supervising eye could suggest improvements likely to conduce to the common welfare. Mr. Gordon Burnage, for instance, personally visited dust-bins and back premises, accompanied by a sort of village bailiff, going his round like a commanding officer doing billets."
• "a commanding structure"
• "a man with a commanding presence"