peremptoriness
- 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
Percy is there, and—” but Mr. Huntingdon only motioned him aside with his old peremptoriness, and then closed the door upon them.
From Wee Wifie by Carey, Rosa Nouchette
Timid Peers were alarmed at the King’s peremptoriness, and said that it might cost him his throne.
From The Divorce of Catherine of Aragon The Story as Told by the Imperial Ambassadors Resident at the Court of Henry VIII by Froude, J.A.
Oddly enough the coke had been sent three days before, and there was no need for peremptoriness.
From Miss Mapp by Benson, E. F. (Edward Frederic)
Would they not, with considerable peremptoriness, desire these intrusively pious members of society to mind their own business?
From On Liberty by Mill, John Stuart
