presidential

From president +‎ -ial.

• IPA^(key): /pɹɛzɪˈdɛnʃ(ə)l/
• Hyphenation: pres‧i‧den‧tial

presidential (comparative more presidential, superlative most presidential)

1. Pertaining to a president or presidency. [from 17th c.]
2. (obsolete) Presiding or watching over. [17th-19th c.]
3. With the bearing or composure that befits a president; stately, dignified. [from 19th c.]
   • 2016, Stewart Lee, The Guardian, 20 November:

     I feel my age and supposed status mean I am permanently required to be in presidential mode. And I mean this in the old sense of “presidential”, meaning magnanimous, patient and generous, rather than in the modern sense of presidential, meaning being a corrupt, pussy-grabbing racist.