imperatively

English

Etymology

imperative +‎ -ly

Adverb

imperatively (comparative more imperatively, superlative most imperatively)

1. In an imperative manner.
   • 1625, John Donne, Sermon preached 26 April, 1625, in Fifty Sermons, Volume 2, London: M.F., J. Marriot and R. Royston, 1649, Sermon 33, p. 299,^[1]

     […] being a mother, and having the dignity of a Parent upon her, she does not proceed supplicatorily, she does not pray them, nor intreat them, she does not say, I would you would go forth, and I would you would looke out, but it is Egredimini, & videte, imperatively, authoritatively, Do it, you must do it: […]

   • 1849, Charlotte Brontë, Shirley, Chapter 36,^[2]

     Improvement is imperatively needed.

   • 1904, Joseph Conrad, Nostromo, Part 1, Chapter 7,^[3]

     The military band happened to be braying operatic selections on the plaza just then, and twice he raised his hand imperatively for silence in order to listen to a favourite passage.

   • 1922, James Joyce, Ulysses Chapter 13,

     --Come here, Tommy, his sister called imperatively. At once! And you, Jacky, for shame to throw poor Tommy in the dirty sand. Wait till I catch you for that.

   • 1925, F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby, New York: Scribner, Chapter 1, pp. 11-12,^[4]

     […] wedging his tense arm imperatively under mine, Tom Buchanan compelled me from the room as though he were moving a checker to another square.

References

• “imperatively”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
• “imperatively”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.