imperiously
adv 2
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2ADJ.
powerful
VERB + IMPERIOUSLY
calling
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adv
1
In an imperious manner; in the style of an emperor.
Reversing the car I got the headlights on the bird sitting on the roadside fencepost to reveal a Powerful Owl imperiously staring back at us.
2
In a way that brooks no refusal; commandingly.
Something up above was calling him imperiously[.]
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Reversing the car I got the headlights on the bird sitting on the roadside fencepost to reveal a Powerful Owl imperiously staring back at us.
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Something up above was calling him imperiously[.]
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