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comparative more controlling, superlative most controlling
(chiefly Britain) Exerting control over a person or thing. examples
present participle and gerund of control examples
plural controllings
The act of exerting control. quotations examples
What humble submission presided within; / How free from the reign, and controllings of sin.
1856, The Earthen Vessel and Christian Record & Review, page 44