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Definition of Imperiously
1. Adverb. In an imperious manner. "Imperiously he cut her short"
Definition of Imperiously
1. adv. In an imperious manner.
Definition of Imperiously
1. Adverb. In an imperious manner. ¹
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Definition of Imperiously
1. [adv]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Imperiously
Literary usage of Imperiously
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The New Schaff-Herzog Encyclopedia of Religious Knowledge: Embracing by Johann Jakob Herzog, Philip Schaff, Albert Hauck (1909)
"... interrupted the preacher who spoke disparagingly of the sign of the cross,
and imperiously forced her wishes upon unwilling prelates. ..."
2. The Works of Virgil by Virgil (1891)
"... again breaks through the land; that raises up its ridges, turning the plow
across," and gives it frequent exercise and rules his lands imperiously. ..."
3. A Treatise on Man: His Intellectual Faculties & His Education by Helvétius (1810)
"... COMMANDS OPINIONS MORE imperiously THAN THE TRUTH. X continually boast of the
power of truth, and yet this power, so vaunted, is fruitless, ..."
4. A Biographical Dictionary of Eminent Scotsmen by Robert Chambers (1835)
"imperiously requiring an assistant in his lectures, the son undertook that duty,
and in 1781, on his father's final resignation, was nominated his successor ..."
5. A Biographical Dictionary of Eminent Scotsmen by Robert Chambers, Thomas Thomson (1853)
"imperiously requiring an assistant in his lectures, the son undertook that duty,
and in 1781, on his father's final resignation, was nominated his successor ..."
6. Calendar of Virginia State Papers and Other Manuscripts: ... Preserved in by Virginia, William Pitt Palmer, Sherwin McRae, Raleigh Edward Colston, Henry W. Flournoy (1881)
"22d imperiously demanded—Ho should make another appeal to them. " Dear Sir, RICHD:
GRAHAM TO COL: WM. DAVIES. Sept. 22d On my return from Philadelphia, ..."
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