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imperiously

/im-peer-ee-uhs-lee/US // ɪmˈpɪər i əs li //

专横地,专心致志地,强硬地,专心致志

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adv.副词 adverb
  1. 1
    • : in a domineering or haughty manner:She held out her hand imperiously, but the messenger did not immediately hand over the letter.
    • : in an imperative way; urgently: The need to be accepted can be felt as imperiously as the needs for food, clothing, and shelter.

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Examples

  • Some who worked with Stenger said he could be imperious, clashing at times with other staffers in part because he focused intensely on security rather than the office’s other priorities.

  • There is something imperiously subversive about National Gallery.

  • At the same time he imperiously insisted on the submission of such Scots as had not yet joined him.

  • She stamped her foot prettily, imperiously, vexed at my refusal to go out of that weird place the way I had entered.

  • "Put on these clothes at once," she said imperiously, knowing nothing of the volcanoes beneath the surface.

  • He started forward, but Ollie called imperiously, "Hold on there a minute, I want to say something to you first."

  • The Malay bent his head from above downwards, and disentangling his right hand from his shawl, he pointed imperiously to the door.