directorial

From Latin dīrectōrius +‎ -al.^[1] By surface analysis, director +‎ -ial.

• Rhymes: -ɔːɹiəl

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.

• liroceratid

From directeur +‎ -al.

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

1. directorial, managerial

• “directorial”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé , 2012.

Borrowed from French directorial.

directorial m or n (feminine singular directorială, masculine plural directoriali, feminine and neuter plural directoriale)

1. directorial

directorial m or f (masculine and feminine plural directoriales)

1. directorial