managerial

From manager + -ial.

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˌmænɪˈd͡ʒɪəɹi.əl/

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• (General American, Canada) IPA^(key): /ˌmænəˈd͡ʒɪɹi.əl/, (/æ/ raising) [ˌmɛənəˈd͡ʒɪɹi.əl]

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managerial (comparative more managerial, superlative most managerial)

1. Of or relating to a manager or management; involving management-like duties.
   • 1927, Ernest Bramah, Max Carrados Mysteries:

     Annesley, at all events, saw an important-looking gentleman with a managerial air. He listened gravely and patiently to his visitor's recital and then struck a desk-bell.

   • 1988, Robert Jackall, “Chapter 1: Moral Probations, Old and New”, in Moral Mazes: The World of Corporate Managers, Twentieth Anniversary edition, →ISBN, page 15:

     As I crisscrossed managerial circles in different corporations, becoming known in some segments of the corporate world and running into managers that I had met in the course of my search, often in odd places, my personal contacts increased as managers referred me to each other.

   • 2019, Candice Carty-Williams, Queenie, Trapeze, page 256:

     I left the kitchen and went over to Chuckʼs desk, feeling very managerial when I asked him to show me his progress.

   • 2023 March 8, David Clough, “The long road that led to Beeching”, in RAIL, page 38:

     Terry Gourvish, the lead author if the authorised commercial history of BR, described the new BTC structure thus: "The conclusion must be that the combination of a few undynamic railwaymen, underpaid full-timers (Commission and General Staff) and poorly-paid part-time businessmen was not a very potent managerial cocktail."

   • 2024 September 7, David Hytner, “Rice and Grealish start new England era with Nations League victory in Ireland”, in The Guardian‎^[1]:

     The game was much bigger than it would have been before England’s managerial handover from Southgate, Carsley the focus of plenty of the attention.

• management

Borrowed from English managerial.

• IPA^(key): /ma.na.d͡ʒe.riˈal/

managerial m or n (feminine singular managerială, masculine plural manageriali, feminine/neuter plural manageriale)

1. managerial

• “managerial”, in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language) (in Romanian), 2004–2026