commandingly

adv

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

1. In a commanding fashion.

   “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.”