adjective
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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His manner was abrupt and imperious .
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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All the same, he appeared a pretty imperious figure on casual encounter.
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But Ellington, a duke with an imperious streak, never wanted Strayhorn to stray far from his empire.
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He seem bored now; and he blinked at Mitchell with imperious indifference.
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I am stopped mid-anecdote by an imperious tap on my shoulder.
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It was not just the fact that this imperious man was doing this for her.
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The typical judge loves the rewards of office and tends to be imperious in asserting and defending them.
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There is plenty of lore and legend from Whitehall and Westminster to buttress the case for an imperious premiership.