Fromperemptory +‎-ly.

• (UK)IPA^(key): /pəˈɹɛmpt(ə)ɹəli/

peremptorily (comparativemoreperemptorily,superlativemostperemptorily)

1. In aperemptory manner; in acommandingtone,brooking nodelay.

   He wasperemptorily summoned to see the commanding officer.

   • 1597,Francis Bacon,Essays, New York: T.Y. Cromwell, 1901, LVII, "Of Anger", p. 233,[1]

     […] that you doe notperemptorilybreak off, in any Businesse, in aFitt ofAnger: But howsoever youshew Bitternes, do notAct any thing, that is not Revocable.

   • 1661,Robert Boyle,The Sceptical Chymist‎^[2], London: J.M. Dent & Sons, published1911, page34:

     I shall notperemptorily 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.

   • 1837,L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], “Discovery”, inEthel Churchill: Or, The Two Brides. […], volume III, London:Henry Colburn, […],→OCLC,page165:

     How have I offended you? Twice have I called this morning, and each time you have beenperemptorily denied.

   • 1885,William Dean Howells, chapter XIII, inThe Rise of Silas Lapham‎^[3]:

     […] the door-bell jingledperemptorily, and the girl left waiting on the table to go and answer it.

   • 1888–1891,Herman Melville, “[Billy Budd, Foretopman.] Chapter XVI.”, inBilly Budd and Other Stories, London:John Lehmann, published1951,→OCLC:

     "Never mind that!" hereperemptorily broke in the superior, his face altering with anger[…]

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