单词 | prefectorially |
释义 | > as lemmasprefecˈtorially prefecˈtorially adv. rare by the authority of a prefect; in the manner of a prefect. ΘΚΠ society > authority > office > holder of office > magistrate > chief magistrate of a district > [adverb] > as or in manner of prefect prefectorially1895 1895 Westm. Gaz. 16 Aug. 8/2 If ‘rational dress’ be prefectorially repressed [in Paris], and the young women compelled to resume their former coquettish costumes. 1987 Guardian (Nexis) 24 Dec. Tynan sneered that John Neville's Hamlet at the Old Vic ‘resists agony with lips so prefectorially stiff that he simply cannot let go of his voice’. < as lemmas |
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