adjective
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Goats chewed the shadows of the rock and gazed with proprietorial sarcasm and planted themselves in my path to watch me hesitate.
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His stare was uncompromising, almost proprietorial .
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However, it is unlikely that such proprietorial power will be exercised without reference to commercial considerations or marketing considerations.
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I walked up Fernhill Rise with a feeling of proprietorial pride.
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In recent years, the evidence for proprietorial interference has become even more weighty.
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It was a lazy, almost careless gesture; only Caroline knew that the pressure of his hand was remorseless and proprietorial .
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One proprietorial hand was laid, light as a priestly blessing, on an old-fashioned microscope in gleaming brass.
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Paula looked every inch a model these days, Arlene thought with a touch of proprietorial pride.