DIRECTORIAL Synonyms: 15 Similar and Opposite Words

directorial

adjective

də-ˌrek-ˈtȯr-ē-əl

Definition of directorial

as in administrative

suited for or relating to the directing of things an applicant with a number of directorial positions on his résumé

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Recent Examples of directorial Elba and Gina Carter’s 22Summers has made projects including Elba’s directorial debut Yardie and the space-thriller Above The Below, Apple TV thriller Bola, and is in post-production on feature Luther — The Day Will Come for Netflix. — Andreas Wiseman, Deadline, 15 July 2026 Georgia Bernstein’s unsettling directorial debut focuses on how warped and perverted those desires become when they’re taken to their insatiable extremes. — Randy Myers, Mercury News, 8 July 2026 Wilde, in her third directorial offering, co-stars as a stay-at-home-mom who, to the consternation of her failed musician husband, Joe, has invited the freewheeling couple upstairs to dinner. — The Week Us, TheWeek, 7 July 2026 With showing something new, my directorial debut, Propeller One-Way Night Coach. — Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 7 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for directorial

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This administrative validation completes the technical-economic review and establishes the regulatory path required for manufacturing and structural deployment in the Far East region.

— Aman Tripathi, Interesting Engineering, 19 July 2026
Officer Malcolm Joseph is on unpaid administrative leave during an internal investigation, according to a CMPD news release.

— Joe Marusak, Charlotte Observer, 18 July 2026

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