imperiously

adv

Etymology

From imperious + -ly.

Definitions

  1. In an imperious manner

    In an imperious manner; in the style of an emperor.

    • Reversing the car I got the headlights on the bird sitting on the roadside fencepost to reveal a Powerful Owl imperiously staring back at us.
  2. In a way that brooks no refusal

    In a way that brooks no refusal; commandingly.

    • Something up above was calling him imperiously[.]

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