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imperatively

imperatively adverb: in an imperative manner.

Adverb

imperatively (comparative more imperatively, superlative most imperatively)

  1. In an imperative manner.
    • […] being a mother, and having the dignity of a Parent upon her, she does not proceed supplicatorily, she does not pray them, nor intreat them, she does not say, I would you would go forth, and I would you would looke out, but it is Egredimini, & videte, imperatively, authoritatively, Do it, you...1625, John Donne, Sermon preached 26 April, 1625, in Fifty Sermons, Volume 2, London: M.F., J. Marriot and R. Royston, 1649, Sermon 33, p. 299
    • Improvement is imperatively needed.1849, Currer Bell [pseudonym; Charlotte Brontë], “Written in the Schoolroom”, in Shirley. A Tale. […], volume III, London: Smith, Elder and Co., […], →OCLC, page 279

imperatively meaning in Tamil and Urdu

imperatively in Tamil

கட்டளையாக, கட்டளை வடிவில், கட்டளை வடிவாக

imperatively in Urdu

ضرورتاً

Examples of imperatively in a sentence

  • If a man has been possessed by devils for long enough they will rend him as they leave him, however imperatively they may have been cast out.1873–1884 (date written), Samuel Butler, chapter LXIX, in R[ichard] A[lexander] Streatfeild, editor, The Way of All Flesh, London: Grant...
  • The military band happened to be braying operatic selections on the plaza just then, and twice he raised his hand imperatively for silence in order to listen to a favourite passage.1904 January 29 – October 7, Joseph Conrad, chapter VII, in Nostromo: A Tale of the Seaboard, London; New York, N.Y.: Harper & Brothers...
  • — Come here, Tommy, his sister called imperatively, at once!1922 February 2, James Joyce, “[Episode 13: Nausicaa]”, in Ulysses, Paris: Shakespeare and Company […], →OCLC, part II [Odyssey], page 332:
  • […] wedging his tense arm imperatively under mine, Tom Buchanan compelled me from the room as though he were moving a checker to another square.1925, F[rancis] Scott Fitzgerald, chapter 1, in The Great Gatsby, New York, N.Y.: Charles Scribner’s Sons, published 1953, →ISBN, pages...

Forms of imperatively

comparativemore imperatively
superlativemost imperatively

Origin of imperatively

From imperative + -ly.

Questions about imperatively

What does imperatively mean?
Imperatively means in an imperative manner.
What is imperatively in Tamil?
Imperatively in Tamil is கட்டளையாக, கட்டளை வடிவில், கட்டளை வடிவாக. See Imperatively meaning in Tamil.
How do you use imperatively in a sentence?
If a man has been possessed by devils for long enough they will rend him as they leave him, however imperatively they may have been cast out.
What part of speech is imperatively?
Imperatively is an adverb.

Words near imperatively in the dictionary

  1. imperative languages
  2. imperative mandate
  3. imperative mood
  4. imperative moods
  5. imperative programming
  6. imperatively
  7. imperativeness
  8. imperatives
  9. imperativist
  10. imperativists
  11. Imperato

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Adapted from Wiktionary: imperatively (page history and authors); imperatively (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); imperatively (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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