imperiously

English

Etymology

From imperious +‎ -ly.

Adverb

imperiously (comparative more imperiously, superlative most imperiously)

1. In an imperious manner; in the style of an emperor.
   • 2005, Sean Dooley, The Big Twitch, Sydney: Allen and Unwin, page 72:

     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. In a way that brooks no refusal; commandingly.
   • 1908, Kenneth Grahame, The Wind in the Willows, London: Wordsworth Classics, published 1993, page 12:

     Something up above was calling him imperiously[.]

Translations

in an imperious manner

• Catalan: imperiosament (ca)
• French: impérieusement (fr)
• Galician: imperiosamente (gl)
• Italian: imperiosamente (it)
• Portuguese: imperiosamente
• Spanish: imperiosamente (es)

References

• “imperiously”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
• “imperiously”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.