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Etymology

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From imperious +‎ -ly.

Adverb

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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.

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