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peremptorily

adverb

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Pronunciation: /pəˈɹɛmpt(ə)ɹəli/

adv

Etymology: Etymology tree English peremptory Middle English -ly English -ly English peremptorily From peremptory + -ly.

  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, https://archive.org/details/essaysoffrancisb00baco […] 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.