Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- In an imperial manner.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adverb In an imperial manner.
- noun rare Imperial power.
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- adverb In an
imperial manner.
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- adverb in an imperial manner
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Examples
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The half-length mirror reveals a figure somewhat too full to be called imperially slim.
The Magi'i Of Cyador Modesitt, L. E. 2000
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The bottom of my bag would be a morass of red glitter, ripped paper doilies, and crushed SweetHearts, imperially commanding to "Kiss Me."
Kerry Saretsky: Peanut Butter & Jelly Madeleines For Valentine's Day Kerry Saretsky 2011
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Dorsey also was seen swanning around imperially during group-sing prep.
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Coyne imperially declares faith and science incompatible.
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An exchange of cradle-babes, and the base-born slave may wear the purple imperially, and the royal infant begs an alms as wheedlingly or cringe to the lash as abjectly as his meanest subject.
CHAPTER 20 2010
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Coyne imperially declares faith and science incompatible.
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Since 1898 we have been intervening imperially in third world countries.
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America, imperially raping and robbing Haiti for one hundred years; before that, the French imperially raped and robbing Haiti all through the 19th century.
Think Progress » Will Scott Brown Stick By Birther Candidate Who Compared Obama To Osama Bin Laden? 2010
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Some have said that Haig acted imperially and hastened Nixon's exit to protect the country.
Alexander Haig's Dark Side Tom Shachtman 2010
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If debt-ridden, imperially over-extended America can't do the job, then China, destined to become the world's largest economy, might have to step in.
Paul Starobin: Five Roads to the Future -- Whose Century Will This Be? 2010
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