Sample Sentences forimperious (editor-reviewed)
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She dismissed the matter with an imperious wave of her hand.imperious = arrogant
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People don't generally warm to her. She comes across as imperious.
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And so when Okonkwo of Umuofia arrived at Mbaino as the proud and imperious emissary of war, he was treated with great honour and respect, and two days later he returned home with a lad of fifteen and a young virgin. (source)imperious = expecting obedience
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Miss Crocker, finding nothing else to say, turned imperiously and headed for the door. (source)imperiously = arrogantly (as though of higher status than others)
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"I didn't steal it. I found it lyin' right beside the road." George's hand remained outstretched imperiously. (source)imperiously = in a manner that expects obedience
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Dede gave the chauffeur the imperious look of a mistress whose servant has disobeyed her wishes. (source)imperious = expecting obedience
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His imperious manner ... did nothing to increase his popularity. (source)imperious = expectation of obedience (combined with arrogance)
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At that very moment his blanket and jacket were imperiously jerked off him. (source)imperiously = arrogantly
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In truth, the ardor, the enthusiasm, and the imperiousness of my disposition, soon rendered me a marked character among my schoolmates, and by slow, but natural gradations, gave me an ascendancy over all not greatly older than myself;—over all with a single exception.† (source)standard suffix: The suffix "-ness" converts an adjective to a noun that means the quality of. This is the same pattern you see in words like darkness, kindness, and coolness.
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With some you postured and with some you groveled and with some you were imperious. (source)imperious = expecting obedience
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She points imperiously at the door. (source)imperiously = arrogantly
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Bulstrode's native imperiousness and strength of determination served him well.† (source)
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The first was a great, red-headed gentleman, of an imperious and flushed face, who... (source)imperious = arrogant or domineering
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"Hurry up, Hokey!" said Hepzibah imperiously.† (source)
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But celestial imperiousness, love, wrath, and fervour had proved to be somewhat thrown away on netherward Egdon.† (source)
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He walked with his chin high and his chest puffed, his gestures exaggerated and imperious.† (source)
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