peremptorily
/pəˈɹɛmpt(ə)ɹəli/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.70 in modern English
21
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
4
Syllables
9
Unique Chars
Meaning
adv
In a peremptory manner; in a commanding tone, brooking no delay.
Example Sentences
- "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."
- "—We lose the right of complaining sometimes by forbearing it;—but we often treble the force:—The surgeon was astonished; but much more so, when he heard my uncle Toby go on, and peremptorily insist upon his healing up the wound directly,—or sending for Monsieur Ronjat, the king’s serjeant-surgeon, to do it for him."
- "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."
Etymology
Etymology tree English peremptory Middle English -ly English -ly English peremptorily From peremptory + -ly.
Regional Pronunciation
- British English: /pəˈɹɛmpt(ə)ɹəli/
Inflected Forms
more peremptorily (comparative)
most peremptorily (superlative)