managerial
adjUK /ˌmænɪˈd͡ʒɪəɹi.əl/ · CA, US /ˌmænəˈd͡ʒɪɹi.əl/
Etymology From manager + -ial.
1
Of or relating to a manager or management; involving management-like duties.
- 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.1927, Ernest Bramah [pseudonym; Ernest Brammah Smith], Max Carrados Mysteries:
- 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.1988, Robert Jackall, “Chapter 1: Moral Probations, Old and New”, in Moral Mazes: The World of Corporate Managers, Twentieth Anniversary edition, →ISBN, page 15:
3 more examples
- I left the kitchen and went over to Chuckʼs desk, feeling very managerial when I asked him to show me his progress.2019, Candice Carty-Williams, Queenie, Trapeze, page 256:
- 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."2023 March 8, David Clough, “The long road that led to Beeching”, in RAIL, page 38:
- 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.2024 September 7, David Hytner, “Rice and Grealish start new England era with Nations League victory in Ireland”, in The Guardian:
- Derived terms
- managerialise, managerialism, managerialist, managerialize, managerially, micromanagerial, nonmanagerial, technomanagerial, unmanagerial
- Related terms
- management