expecting people to obey you and treating them as if they are not as important as you The professor was as imperious as ever. She put out an imperious hand to stop him. an imperious gesture/voice/command
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adverb “Get it now,” she demanded imperiously.See imperious in the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary
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