Definition of "imperiously" []

• In an imperious manner. (adverb)

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• "Therefore, 'Hey! boy,' she called imperiously, 'come and help me! quick!'"
• ""Who is it?" he called imperiously, and took a half dozen rapid strides toward the foot of the staircase."
• ""Don't you drive over them wickets!" she called imperiously, when Eben came up from the lot in his dingle cart."