Peremptorily

Examples

• The auburn head and bright flushed face vanished,--the door shut peremptorily. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
• We ordered him peremptorily to sit down with us. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
• He has forbidden the match peremptorily, Dobbin thought. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
• She peremptorily requested to be let alone. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• Hold your tongue, Sir,' said the magistrate peremptorily. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
• Yes, yes; that's very well, said Wildeve peremptorily. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
• Swear the gentleman,' said the judge peremptorily. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
• Thomas Gradgrind, sir—peremptorily Thomas—Thomas Gradgrind. Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
• I then ordered the General very peremptorily to countermarch his command and take it back to Jackson. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• Speak to me, said Yeobright peremptorily. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.

Editor: Shanna