по-начальнически

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Adverb

по-нача́льнически (po-načálʹničeski)

  1. authoritatively, in a commanding manner
    • 1866, Фёдор Достоевский , “Глава XVI”, in Игрок, Санкт-Петербург: Фёдор Стелловский; English translation from Constance Garnett, transl., The Gambler, 1914:
      По кра́йней ме́ре говори́л он со мной постоя́нно свысока́ по-пре́жнему, по-нача́льнически, и да́же пуска́лся меня́ ино́й раз распека́ть.
      Po krájnej mére govoríl on so mnoj postojánno svysoká po-préžnemu, po-načálʹničeski, i dáže puskálsja menjá inój raz raspekátʹ.
      Anyway, he always, as before, spoke to be condescendingly, authoritatively, and even sometimes fell to scolding me.
    • 1905, Фёдор Сологуб , chapter XIII, in Мелкий бес; English translation from John Cournos and Richard Aldington, transl., The Little Demon, New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1916:
      Ка́ждый день посеща́л он хоть одну́ учени́ческую кварти́ру. Там он вёл себя́ по-нача́льнически: распека́л, распоряжа́лся, угрожа́л.
      Káždyj denʹ poseščál on xotʹ odnú učeníčeskuju kvartíru. Tam on vjol sebjá po-načálʹničeski: raspekál, rasporjažálsja, ugrožál.
      Every day he visited at least one student's lodgings. He conducted himself then like an official, he reprimanded, gave orders and threatened.