Imperiously

adv

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Definitions

Adverb
  1. 1
    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. 2
    In a way that brooks no refusal; commandingly.

    "Something up above was calling him imperiously[.]"

Adverb
  1. 1
    in an imperious manner wordnet

Synonyms

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compulsivelyloftilymasterfullyproudly

Example

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"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."

Etymology

From imperious + -ly.

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