imperatively
Example Sentences
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This was a high-flown way of saying that bantamweight Switzerland must and will let middleweight Italy buy from or across her whatever Dictator Mussolini imperatively demands.
From Time Magazine Archive
The old man lifts his stick and waves imperatively, and slowly the column turns and the people take the road that, quite evidently, leads to nowhere for them.
From Time Magazine Archive
Millicent, dowager Duchess of Sutherland, strode up to the locked door of Memorial Hall in Fairmont Park, Philadelphia, knocked imperatively.
From Time Magazine Archive
Supreme Court unanimously reversed Haynsworth's decision, saying: "We hold that the issues here imperatively call for decision now."
From Time Magazine Archive
Then he barked sharply and imperatively several times.
From "The Incredible Journey" by Sheila Burnford
