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.
- 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.”