All 3 Uses of
imperious
in
Washington Square, by Henry James
- She said to herself that he was "imperious," and she liked the word and the idea.†
Chpt 6 *
- He was certainly much more imperious—she ended by calling it imperial—than Mr. Penniman.†
Chpt 6
- There was an imperious brevity in the tone of this inquiry, against which Mrs. Penniman felt bound to protest; the information with which she had undertaken to supply her niece was, after all, a favour.†
Chpt 30
Definition:
expecting obedience; or arrogant; or domineering