Commanding
Commanding adjective - Highest in rank or authority.
Usage example: with the death of the general, he instantly became the commanding officer on the field of battle
Lower is an antonym for commanding.
Lower
Lower adjective - Having not so great importance or rank as another.
Commanding is an antonym for lower.
Both words in one sentence
- Before that, the Force swells in her when she's commanding someone to stop and not kill her uncle and she doesn't recognize it as hers — it's lower, commanding, and forceful.
Source: Power Makes Your Voice Deep - The Chains of Commanding: Ramesses gets his first taste of those upon becoming the steward of the Lower Egypt.
Source: Literature / Pharaoh -
A Lower-Deck Episode focused on the military recurring characters changes the intro animation and narration; the usual changing pictures of Ed and Al are changed to a photo of the unit, and the title is given as Flame Alchemist, referencing the unit's commanding officer.
Source: Special Edition Title
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