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imperiously, adv.|ɪmˈpɪərɪəslɪ|
[f. prec. + -ly2.]
In an imperious manner.
†1. In the way of supreme or absolute rule, imperially, sovereignly; with a commanding aspect, majestically. Obs.
1596Drayton Legends iv. 487 Those which late imperiously controld me. 1603Knolles Hist. Turks (1638) 107 The proud Mamalukes..imperiously commanded as great Lords ouer the rest of the people. 1634Sir T. Herbert Trav. 188 Imperiously inthronized upon a brazen Mount. [1839Fraser's Mag. XIX. 127 He lived..with the convention, conventionally..with the empire, imperiously.]
2. In a domineering manner; overbearingly, arrogantly.
1555Eden Decades 62 Imperiously and with cruel countenaunce commaundinge the kynge..to gyue them vytayles. 1617Moryson Itin. iii. 149 That England is..the Purgatory of Servants..because they..use their Servants imperiously. 1659Gentl. Calling (1696) 33 To..behave themselves disdainfully and imperiously. a1797H. Walpole Mem. Geo. II (1847) III. v. 108 His natural temper..was imperiously blunt, haughty and contemptuous. 1871H. Ainsworth Tower Hill i. xv, ‘See to it, or dread my resentment’, cried Henry, imperiously.
3. In the way of an absolute command or demand; by overmastering necessity; urgently.
1541Barnes Wks. (1573) 319/2 Which thyng I doe geue for a counsell, and doe not commaunde it imperiously. 16022nd Pt. Return fr. Parnass. v. i. (Arb.) 64 At what dore must we imperiously beg. 1803T. Jefferson Writ. (1830) III. 503 Where circumstances imperiously oblige us to a prompt decision. 1855Motley Dutch Rep. v. ii. (1866) 685 So soon as his presence should no longer be imperiously required. 1875H. C. Wood Therap. (1879) 664 Every known substance refuses more or less imperiously to allow the passage of electricity. |