All 4 Uses
peremptory
in
The Souls of Black Folk
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- The exchange was merry, till one girl, a tall newcomer, refused my card,—refused it peremptorily, with a glance.†
Chpt 1 *peremptorily = in a manner that does not allow contradiction or refusal
- Peremptory military commands this way and that, could not answer the query; the Emancipation Proclamation seemed but to broaden and intensify the difficulties; and the War Amendments made the Negro problems of to-day.†
Chpt 2
- The former masters of the land were peremptorily ordered about, seized, and imprisoned, and punished over and again, with scant courtesy from army officers.†
Chpt 2peremptorily = in a manner that does not allow contradiction or refusal
- He hesitated and grew pale with anger, called the usher and gave him his card, with a few peremptory words, and slowly sat down.†
Chpt 13
Definitions:
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(1)
(peremptory) not allowing contradiction or refusal
- (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)