imperiouslyadv.

1534 R. Barnes Supplicacion H. VIII (rev. ed.) sig. S1 Whiche thyng I do gyue for a counsell, and do not commaunde it imperiously.

1606 2nd Pt. Returne from Pernassus v. i. sig. H^v At what dore must we imperiously beg.

1679 Bp. J. Gordon Reformed Bishop xiv. 180 When such things as these are resolv'd upon for the Behoof of the Clergy, they ought to be prudently recommended, but not imperiously commanded.

1713 R. Bentley Remarks Disc. Free-thinking (ed. 3) 50 Those very Sects..prescrib'd more imperiously, than Christianity it self does.

1799 W. Woodfall et al. Impartial Rep. Deb. 4th Session 18th Parl. II. 638 The British Parliament..did not neglect the salutary precautions which circumstances imperiously dictated.

1855 J. L. Motley Rise Dutch Republic III. v. ii. 202 So soon as his presence should no longer be imperiously required.

1875 H. C. Wood Treat. Therapeutics (1879) 664 Every known substance refuses more or less imperiously to allow the passage of electricity.

1908 Appleton's Mag. Nov. 538/2 As imperiously as the body claims exercise and food,..do the higher instincts of our nature claim their meed of spiritual sustenance.

1991 C. Knight Blood Relations v. 197 All members of the social group tend to have equal access to them [sc. gathered foods], and taboos and avoidances are less imperiously required.

1536 R. Taverner tr. P. Melanchthon Apol. sig. Q.viii.^v in Confessyon Fayth Germaynes The laye men (say they) ought to be contente. This is very imperiously spoken.

1555 R. Eden tr. Peter Martyr of Angleria Decades of Newe Worlde ii. iii. f. 62 Imperiously and with cruel countenaunce commaundinge the kynge..to gyue them vytayles.

1617 F. Moryson Itinerary iii. 149 That England is..the Purgatory of Servants..because they..use their Servants imperiously.

1660 R. Allestree Gentlemans Calling 35 To..behave themselves disdainfully and imperiously.

1703 Clarendon's Hist. Rebellion II. ix. 546 The Lord Wentworth..talked very imperiously, and very disrespectfully..to some of the Council.

a1797 H. Walpole Mem. George II (1847) III. v. 108 His natural temper..was imperiously blunt, haughty and contemptuous.

1819 J. Lingard Hist. Eng. III. xxi. 314 The prince imperiously required the release of the prisoner; and, when that was refused, drew his sword on the judge.

1890 M. Oliphant Kirsteen xlii. 291 She did not understand obstacles except as things to be..thrust out of the way, arbitrarily, imperiously.

1949 Daily Mail 22 Nov. 1/1 Mr. Strachey imperiously rejects an investigation.

2003 More Apr. 92/1 ‘And don't’, she warned imperiously, ‘come back tomorrow with tales of disappointment’.

1593 W. Shakespeare Venus & Adonis sig. Cij^v Imperiously he leaps, he neighs, he bounds.

1603 R. Knolles Gen. Hist. Turkes 107 The proud Mamalukes..imperiously commanded as great Lords ouer the rest of the people.

1681 B. Keach Sion in Distress 114 Thou shalt he [read be] taken from off the Beast, where thou art imperiously Mounted.

1785 J. Fletcher Appeal to Matter of Fact (ed. 4) iii. xiv. 79 The carnal mind steps imperiously upon the throne.

1832 E. Bulwer-Lytton Eugene Aram I. ii. iii. 242 Has not Cicero said wisely, that we ought no more to subject too slavishly our affections, than to elevate them too imperiously into our masters?

1865 J. Battell Yankee Boy from Home (ed. 2) xxiv. 254 She drew up her dress nearly to the knee, and glanced down imperiously on the beautifully shaped leg.

1902 F. S. Dellenbaugh Romance Colorado River v. 106 The new-comers..march imperiously upon the mighty stage with the heavy tread of the conqueror.

1957 L. Durrell White Eagles over Serbia iv. 32 As he stood looking around him Big Ben struck imperiously from the misty confines of the river.

2004 D. Dalton Rough Guide Philippines 431 Standing imperiously above Session Road,..Baguio Cathedral is a striking example of ‘wedding cake Gothic’.