peremptory
adjective
leaving no opportunity for denial or refusal; imperative.
peremptoriness
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a word derived from
peremptory.
Example Sentences
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Covering not just movies and television but also theater and cabaret, Reed, a Southerner who seemed as much a part of Manhattan as the skyline, lorded over the arts with a homogenizing mainstream peremptoriness.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 12, 2026
There was a note of demand in every question which he put, a peremptoriness of manner which did not escape the observation of his interlocutor.
From The Heart of a Woman by Emmuska Orczy, Baroness Orczy
Without this prophetical spirit, determining the application of these threatnings to particular persons, we may not imitate this peremptoriness.
From A Hind Let Loose Or, An Historical Representation of the Testimonies of the Church of Scotland for the Interest of Christ. With the True State Thereof in All Its Periods by Alexander Shields
Her exhortations at the sick-bed have a somewhat startling peremptoriness about them.
From Stray Studies from England and Italy by John Richard Greene
The farmer, as soon as he could recover from his astonishment, passed the order on to his family and domestics with a peremptoriness no doubt considerably enhanced by his own lively fears.
From Two Daring Young Patriots or, Outwitting the Huns by Archibald Webb
