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peremptorily

/puh-remp-tawr-i-lee/US // pəˌrɛmpˈtɔr ɪ li //

强硬地,强制性地,强制要求,强制

Related Words

forthwith立刻,随即,立即,马上swiftly迅速地,飞快地,迅速,迅捷地promptly迅速地,迅速,迅速的,迅速地进行arbitrarily随便,随意,随意地,专横地immediately立即,立即进行,立即执行,立即就readily随时随地,随时,辄,欣然speedily迅速地,迅速,飞快地,迅速的expeditiously从速,尽快,迅速地,尽快地on the spot当场,就地,当场就,当即

Definitions

adv.副词 adverb
  1. 1
    • : in a way that leaves no opportunity for denial or refusal: They had barely arrived when they were peremptorily ordered by a no-nonsense state policeman to turn around and leave the area immediately.
    • : in an assertive or imperious way: His mother had tried to impose strict rules of behavior on the teen, but he told her peremptorily, "Hands off my life; I’ll live it however I want!"
    • : Law. in an absolute or unconditional way; in a decisive way that does not admit of debate or question: According to Article V, if two-thirds of states apply for a convention to propose a constitutional amendment, Congress is peremptorily required to call one.

Synonyms & Antonyms

as insummarily
Synonyms
arbitrarily随便,随意,随意地,专横地forthwith立刻,随即,立即,马上promptly迅速地,迅速,迅速的,迅速地进行swiftly迅速地,飞快地,迅速,迅捷地at short notice临时通知,匆匆忙忙,在短时间内,短时间内expeditiously从速,尽快,迅速地,尽快地immediately立即,立即进行,立即执行,立即就on the spot当场,就地,当场就,当即readily随时随地,随时,辄,欣然speedily迅速地,迅速,飞快地,迅速的without waste不浪费,无浪费,没有浪费,无废料

Examples

  • The EO is like others in that it is limited to what a president can peremptorily force federal agencies to do — and that really isn’t very much, practically speaking.

  • The feeling of uneasiness which he had peremptorily dismissed stole over him once more.

  • Peremptorily the steel magnates refused to continue the sliding scale previously agreed upon as a guarantee of peace.

  • We scarcely deserve sympathy, if we peremptorily refuse advice, bearing upon our elevation.

  • The will to live leaps into being peremptorily, more compelling and imperative at the implied challenge.

  • Several times, as though to tease him, she came back to this question, but each time peremptorily he refused to discuss it.

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