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diary, the date we dined was the lst.
dicey n. risky, tricky, dangerous, difficult, ticklish,
unpredictable, uncertain, unsure, doubtful, Colloq iffy, chancy
or chancey, hairy: Asking for another pay rise could be pretty
dicey, Daniel.
dicker v. 1 bargain, trade, barter, deal, haggle, negotiate: If I
dicker with him, he may drop his price.
--n. 2 bargain, deal, haggle, negotiation: We had a bit of a
dicker but finally settled on a figure.
dicky adj. dickey, shaky, unreliable, unsteady, unsound, faulty,
Colloq dodgy: The engine sounds a bit dicky to me - you'd
better have it seen to.
dictate v. 1 say, prescribe, ordain, decree, demand, command, lay down
(the law), order, direct, pronounce, impose: It is our leader
who dictates what we may say and do.
--n. 2 decree, demand, command, order, direction, instruction,
charge, pronouncement, edict, fiat, ukase, mandate, caveat,
injunction, requirement, bidding, behest: Each must act in
accord with the dictates of his conscience.
dictator n. autocrat, absolute ruler or monarch, despot, overlord,
oppressor, tsar or czar, tyrant, Fuehrer or F•hrer: Among
monarchs, Henry VIII certainly could have been characterized as
a dictator.
dictatorial
adj. 1 absolute, arbitrary, totalitarian, authoritarian,
autocratic, all-powerful, omnipotent, unlimited: The peoples of
some countries often confer dictatorial powers on their leaders.
2 despotic, tyrannical, authoritarian, iron-handed, domineering,
imperious, overbearing, Colloq bossy: The dictatorial way she
runs the department makes those who work there miserable.
diction n. 1 language, wording, (verbal or writing) style, expression,
usage, expressiveness, terminology, word choice, vocabulary,
phraseology, phrasing, rhetoric: Please go over my paper and
correct the diction. 2 articulation, pronunciation,