directorial

English

Etymology

director + -ial

Adjective

directorial (comparative more directorial, superlative most directorial)

  1. Of or pertaining to a director
    • 2011, Kevin Avery, Conversations with Clint: Paul Nelson's Lost Interviews with Clint Eastwood 1979-1983, Continuum International Publishing Group, page 6:
      The Seventies, that most directorial of decades.
    • 2014, C. W. Marshall, The Structure and Performance of Euripides' Helen, Cambridge University Press, page 242:
      We cannot afford to disregard the evidence of directorial choices.
  2. Of or pertaining to administration or to a directorate
    • 1763, Sands, Brymer, Murray and Cochran, The Scots Magazine MDCCLXIII - Volume XXV, self-published, page 52:
      After very warm debates, the result was, that the directorial minister of Mentz should make the strongest possible representations to the Emperor's principal commissary.
    • 2002, Vanessa Finch, Corporate Insolvency Law: Perspectives and Principles, Cambridge University Press, page 495:
      The analysis ... is consistent with the fair treatment of directors and parties affected by directorial behaviour.

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French

Etymology

directeur + -al

Adjective

directorial (feminine singular directoriale, masculine plural directoriaux, feminine plural directoriales)

  1. directorial, managerial

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Spanish

Adjective

directorial (plural directoriales)

  1. directorial
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