imperiously

adv

Etymology: Etymology tree English imperious Middle English -ly English -ly English imperiously From imperious + -ly.

1. In an imperious manner; in the style of an emperor.

   “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.

   “Something up above was calling him imperiously[.]”