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imperatively

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im·per·a·tive  (m-pr-tv)
adj.
1. Expressing a command or plea; peremptory: requests that grew more and more imperative.
2. Having the power or authority to command or control.
3. Grammar Of, relating to, or constituting the mood that expresses a command or request.
4. Impossible to deter or evade; pressing: imperative needs. See Synonyms at urgent.
n.
1.
a. A command; an order.
b. An obligation; a duty: social imperatives.
2. A rule, principle, or instinct that compels a certain behavior: a people driven to aggression by territorial imperatives.
3. Grammar
a. The imperative mood.
b. A verb form of the imperative mood.
[Middle English imperatif, relating to the imperative mood, from Old French, from Late Latin impertvus, from Latin impertus, past participle of imperre, to command; see emperor.]
im·pera·tive·ly adv.
im·pera·tive·ness n.
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adv.1.imperatively - in an imperative and commanding manner
peremptorily
Translations
imperatively [ɪmˈperətɪvlɪ] ADV → imperiosamente


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They were half of them laughing, they were all of them talking--the comfortable hum of their voices was at its loudest; the cheery pealing of the laughter was soaring to its highest notes--when one dominant voice, rising clear and shrill above all the rest, called imperatively for silence.
Man And Wife by Collins, Wilkie View in context
Pearl, looking at this bright wonder of a house began to caper and dance, and imperatively required that the whole breadth of sunshine should be stripped off its front, and given her to play with.
The Scarlet Letter by Hawthorne, Nathaniel View in context
Twice again, imperatively, he called Jerry to him, and twice again, with flattened ears of gentleness and wagging tail, Jerry good-naturedly expressed his disinclination.
Jerry of the Islands by London, Jack View in context
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