subserviently
Power is not there to be domineeringly asserted, but to be carefully used for good.
He behaved domineeringly, but he was still under the control of the management.
The athletes were strutting domineeringly round the track.
He was not domineeringly possessive, but she still felt trapped.
He domineeringly tried to take control of the expedition.

SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Controlling and being in charge
aggrandize
assert your authority
assume
assumption
authoritative
cynical
get the better of someoneidiom
get your hooks into someone/somethingidiom
govern
guiding principle
harness
peremptorily
peremptory
play Godidiom
plenipotentiary
police
slow
tame
wrangle
wrangler