Both Uses
imperious
in
Wuthering Heights
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- 'I hate you to be fidgeting in MY presence,' exclaimed the young lady imperiously, not allowing her guest time to speak: she had failed to recover her equanimity since the little dispute with Heathcliff.†
p. 50.1 *imperiously = in a manner that expects obedience; or in an arrogant, domineering manner
- He concealed it from her; but if ever he heard me answer sharply, or saw any other servant grow cloudy at some imperious order of hers, he would show his trouble by a frown of displeasure that never darkened on his own account.†
p. 66.3
Definitions:
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(1)
(imperious) expecting obedience; or arrogant; or domineering
- (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)