imperatively

== English == === Etymology === From imperative +‎ -ly. === Adverb === imperatively (comparative more imperatively, superlative most imperatively) In an imperative manner. 1625, John Donne, Sermon preached 26 April, 1625, in Fifty Sermons, Volume 2, London: M.F., J. Marriot and R. Royston, 1649, Sermon 33, p. 299,[1] […] being a mother, and having the dignity of a Parent upon her, she does not proceed supplicatorily, she does not pray them, nor intreat them, she does not say, I would you would go forth, and I would you would looke out, but it is Egredimini, & videte, imperatively, authoritatively, Do it, you must do it: […] ==== Translations ==== === References === William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “imperatively”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC. “imperatively”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.