peremptorily

peremptorily

See also: preemptorily and preemptively

English

Etymology

peremptory +‎ -ly

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /pəˈɹɛmpt(ə)ɹəli/

Adverb

peremptorily (comparative more peremptorily, superlative most peremptorily)

1. In a peremptory manner; in a commanding tone, brooking no delay.

   He was peremptorily summoned to see the commanding officer.

   • 1597, Francis Bacon, Essays, New York: T.Y. Cromwell, 1901, LVII, "Of Anger", p. 233,

     […] that you doe not peremptorily break off, in any Businesse, in a Fitt of Anger: But howsoever you shew Bitternes, do not Act any thing, that is not Revocable.

   • 1661, Robert Boyle, The Sceptical Chymist, London: J.M. Dent & Sons, 1911, p. 34,

     I shall not peremptorily deny, that from most of such mixt bodies as partake either of animal or vegetable nature, there may by the help of the fire be actually obtained a determinate number […] of substances, worthy of differing denominations.

   • 1837, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], Ethel Churchill: Or, The Two Brides. […], volume III, London: Henry Colburn, […], OCLC 21345056, page 165:

     How have I offended you? Twice have I called this morning, and each time you have been peremptorily denied.

   • 1885, William Dean Howells, chapter XIII, in The Rise of Silas Lapham‎:

     […] the door-bell jingled peremptorily, and the girl left waiting on the table to go and answer it.

   • 1888–1891, Herman Melville, “[Billy Budd, Foretopman.] Chapter 16.”, in Billy Budd and Other Stories, London: John Lehmann, published 1951, OCLC 639975898:

     "Never mind that!" here peremptorily broke in the superior, his face altering with anger […]

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