peremptoriness
English
Etymology
peremptory + -ness
Noun
peremptoriness (uncountable)
- The quality of being peremptory
- 1886, Thomas Hardy, The Mayor of Casterbridge, Chapter 7, [1]
- Mrs. Stannidge thereupon said with a considerate peremptoriness that she and her mother had better take their own suppers if they meant to have any.
- 1924, Herman Melville, Billy Budd, London: Constable & Co., Chapter 23, [2]
- For suddenly the drum beat to quarters, which familiar sound happening at least twice every day, had upon the present occasion a signal peremptoriness in it.
- 1886, Thomas Hardy, The Mayor of Casterbridge, Chapter 7, [1]
Translations
the quality of being peremptory
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