Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- In a senatorial manner; in a way appropriate to or becoming a senator; with dignity or solemnity.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adverb In a senatorial manner.
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- adverb In a
senatorial manner.
Etymologies
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Examples
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Authority to act with less than a quorum (or, for some other small agencies, in the absence of a senatorially confirmed presidential appointee) is a question that comes up more frequently than you may think.
The Volokh Conspiracy » Did Chief Justice Roberts Prompt President Obama’s Recess Appointments? 2010
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Authority to act with less than a quorum or, for some other small agencies, in the absence of a senatorially confirmed presidential appointee is a question that comes up more frequently than you may think.
The Volokh Conspiracy » Did Chief Justice Roberts Prompt President Obama’s Recess Appointments? 2010
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If the Republican Party is being taken over by Southerners, it's because that's the only area of the country where -- that Republicans can count on presidentially and sometimes senatorially.
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This week on 7 Days in America, U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown explains how Obama or Clinton could carry pivotal Ohio in 10 days, as Brown did senatorially in 2006.
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He stepped back a pace and threw back his coat senatorially.
Fanny Herself Edna Ferber 1926
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He stepped back a pace and threw back his coat senatorially.
Fanny Herself 1917
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We're in this mess in the first place because we have an over-Senatized party, starting with the presidential candidate, whose fortunes went south not when he picked his running mate but when the subprime hit the fan and he reacted senatorially - by heading back to Washington and "reaching across the aisle".
The Corner 2008
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