Usually means: In a bullying or domineering manner.
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  1. hectoringly: Merriam-Webster
  2. hectoringly: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. hectoringly: Collins English Dictionary
  4. hectoringly: Wiktionary
  5. hectoringly: TheFreeDictionary.com

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▸ adverb:  So as to hector or bully.

Similar:
beratingly, bullyingly, scourgingly, goadingly, excoriatingly, interrogatingly, exhortingly, batteringly, urgingly, hortatorily, more...

Opposite:
submissively, meekly, humbly, timidly

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Similar:
beratingly, bullyingly, scourgingly, goadingly, excoriatingly, interrogatingly, exhortingly, batteringly, urgingly, hortatorily, more...

Opposite:
submissively, meekly, humbly, timidly



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