Meaning of peremptorily | Babel Free

Definitions

1. In a peremptory manner; in a commanding tone, brooking no delay.
2. Peremptorily, urgently.

Equivalents

Examples

“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.”

“I shall not peremptorily deny⟳, that from most of such mixt bodies as partake either of animal or vegetable nature, there may by the help⟳ of the fire be actually obtained a determinate number⟳ […] of substances, worthy of differing denominations.”

“How have⟳ I offended you? Twice have⟳ I called this morning, and each time you have⟳ been peremptorily denied.”

“[…] the door-bell jingled peremptorily, and the girl left waiting on the table to go and answer⟳ it.”

“"Never mind⟳ that!" here peremptorily broke in the superior, his face⟳ altering with anger […]”

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