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imperiously

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im·pe·ri·ous  (m-pîr-s)
adj.
1. Arrogantly domineering or overbearing. See Synonyms at dictatorial.
2. Urgent; pressing.
3. Obsolete Regal; imperial.
[From Latin imperisus, from imperium, imperium; see empire.]
im·peri·ous·ly adv.
im·peri·ous·ness n.
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Adv.1.imperiously - in an imperious manner; "imperiously he cut her short"
Translations
imperiously [ɪmˈpɪərɪəslɪ] ADV → imperiosamente
imperiously [ɪmˈpɪəriəsli] adv [beckon] → impérieusement
imperiously [ɪmˈpɪərɪəslɪ] adv → imperiosamente
imperiously [ɪmˈpɪərɪəslɪ] adv → imperiosamente


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And verily, many a chance came imperiously unto me: but still more imperiously did my WILL speak unto it,--then did it lie imploringly upon its knees--
Thus Spake Zarathustra: A Book For All And None by Nietzsche, Friedrich View in context
Cruel as this sentence may appear, the necessity of pronouncing it, which can alone reconcile it to myself, will be evident to you when you have considered our situation in the light in which I have found myself imperiously obliged to place it.
Lady Susan by Austen, Jane View in context
It may have been a flash of honesty in him; or mere prudential policy which, under the circumstance, imperiously forbade the slightest symptom of open disaffection, however transient, in the important chief officer of his ship.
Moby Dick LXVIII-CXXXIV by Melville, Herman View in context
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