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Definition: Peremptorily |
PeremptorilyAdverb1. In an imperative and commanding manner. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "peremptorily" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1350. (references) |
Synonym: PeremptorilySynonym: imperatively (adv). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Negation | Deny flatly, deny peremptorily, deny emphatically, deny absolutely, deny wholly, deny entirely; give the lie to, belie. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
| Author | Date | Quotation |
Marbury v. Madison | 1803 | But when the legislature proceeds to impose on that officer other duties; when he is directed peremptorily to perform certain acts; when the rights of individuals are dependent on the performance of those acts; he is so far the officer of the law; is amenable to the laws for his conduct; and cannot at his discretion sport away the vested rights of others. (reference) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| "Peremptorily" is generally used as an adverb (general) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Peremptorily" is used about 36 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Adverb (general) | 100% | 36 | 57,479 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| Language | Translations for "peremptorily"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
German | entschieden (accomplished, authoritatively, crisp, decided, decidedly, decisive, definitely, determined, distinct, emphatic, emphatically, firm, peremptory, resolute, resolutely, staunch, uncompromising, utter). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | αυταρχικά, αυθαιρετώσ (arbitrarily), τελικώσ. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | végérvényesen (irrevocably), ellentmondást nem tűrően (decisively), önkényesen (arbitrarily, made up story, wantonly, with a high hand). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | eremptorilypay fãrã apel (peremptory), categoric (absolute, absolutely, beyond peradventure, categorical, categorically, clear, curt, decided, decisive, definite, definitely, dogmatic, downright, emphatic, explicit, explicitly, flat, flatly, formal, much, on the dead, peremptory, plump, positive, positively, simply, Square, stiff, unanswerable, unbending, unqualified). (various references) безапелляционно. (various references) perentoriamente. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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"Peremptorily" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: peremtorily, perremptorily, preemptorily, preemtorily, premptorily. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| Words rhyming with "peremptorily" (pronounced 'Per"emp*to*ri*ly'): Abandonedly, Abasedly, Abashedly, Abhorrently, Abidingly, Abjectly, Abnormally, Abominably, Aboriginally, Abortively, Abruptly, Absently, Absolutely, Absorbedly, Abstinently, Abstractedly, Abstractively, Abstractly, Abstrusely, Absurdly, Abundantly, Abusively, Abysmally, Academically, Accentually, Acceptably, Acceptedly, Accessarily, Accessibly, Accessorily, Accidentally, Accommodately, Accordantly, Accordingly, Accountably, Accurately, Accusatively, Accusatorially, Accusingly, Accustomably, Accustomarily, Achromatically, Acidly, Acknowledgedly, Acoustically, Acquiescently, Acquisitively, Acridly, Acrimoniously, Acrocephaly. (additional references) |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "e-e-i-l-m-o-p-p-r-r-t-y" | |
-2 letters: improperly, peremptory, preemptory, terpolymer. | |
-3 letters: preemptor, propriety, pyrometer. | |
-4 letters: employer, implorer, importer, improper, loiterer, motleyer, peripety, peripter, portiere, portlier, prompter, promptly, properly, property, reemploy, reimport, remotely. | |
-5 letters: emperor, employe, emptier, emptily, epitome, epitope, implore, loppier, lorimer, merrily, miterer, motlier, peopler, perlite, petiole, peytrel, pierrot, poitrel, politer, polymer, preempt, premier, premolt, preriot, preterm, pretrim, pretype. | |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01010000 01100101 01110010 01100101 01101101 01110000 01110100 01101111 01110010 01101001 01101100 01111001 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)P e r e m p t o r i l y |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0050 0065 0072 0065 006D 0070 0074 006F 0072 0069 006C 0079 |
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)507184717982868184757891 |
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