Both Uses of
imperative
in
Ulysses, by James Joyce
- We think of Rome, imperial, imperious, imperative.†
Chpt 7 *
- —Come here, Tommy, his sister called imperatively.†
Chpt 13
Definitions:
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(1)
(imperative) essential and urgent
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(2)
(meaning too rare to warrant focus) meaning too rare to warrant focus:
Much less commonly, in grammar, imperative describes a sentence that expresses a command or request.