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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
directorial
adjective
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
film/acting/directorial etc debut
▪ His Broadway debut was ‘The Scarlet Pimpernel’.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ NOUN
debut
▪ Chris Menges' directorial debut which received critical acclaim and festival awards throughout the world.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ Certainly, he broke the old directorial mould.
▪ In a festival so studded with star directorial names, it was fascinating to discover who was up and who was down.
▪ Not bad, for a first directorial effort.
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Directorial

Directorial \Di*rec*to"ri*al\, a. [Cf. F. directorial.]

  1. Having the quality of a director, or authoritative guide; directive.

  2. Pertaining to: director or directory; specifically, relating to the Directory of France under the first republic. See Directory,

  3. Whoever goes to the directorial presence under this passport.
    --Burke.

Wiktionary
directorial

a. 1 Of or pertaining to a director 2 Of or pertaining to administration or to a directorate

Usage examples of "directorial".

Consular for the Directorial government, and entertained no personal dislike to the First Consul.

Bowles Cabot, the newly appointed Confederation Ambassador to Diamunde, who stood next to Degs Momyer, who would be Minister of Finance in the new government the Confederation was assembling to replace the directorial boards of the conglomerates.

And then, as if to drop the last vestige of his directorial image, he placed his pipe on the table, reached into his pocket for a pack of cigarettes, popped one up to his mouth and snapped his lighter as he began to write on the legal pad.

Some of them are effectively nontrading, but occupy directorial roles.

He fell asleep full of terms like “full power of attorney,” “all manner of business,” “receive and pay monies,” “revocable only by mutual consent,” “waiver of personal appearance,” “full faith and credence,” and “voting proxy in all stockholding and/or directorial meetings, special or annual.