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Definition of Peremptorily
1. Adverb. In an imperative and commanding manner.
Definition of Peremptorily
1. adv. In a peremptory manner; absolutely; positively.
Definition of Peremptorily
1. Adverb. In a peremptory manner; In a commanding tone, brooking no delay. ¹
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Definition of Peremptorily
1. [adv]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Peremptorily
Literary usage of Peremptorily
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Encyclopædia of Pleading and Practice: Under the Codes and Practice Acts by William Mark McKinney, Thomas Johnson Michie (1898)
"Unless conferred by statute the state has no right to challenge peremptorily.3 in
such cases. Com. v. Certain Intoxicating Liquors. 107 Mass. 216. ..."
2. Cobbett's Complete Collection of State Trials and Proceedings for High ...by William Cobbett, David Jardine by William Cobbett, David Jardine (1818)
"Samuel Middleton, merchant, challenged peremptorily by the prisoner. Robert Walker,
merchant, challenged peremptorily by the prisoner. ..."
3. A Complete Collection of State Trials and Proceedings for High Treason and ...by Thomas Bayly Howell, William Cobbett, David Jardine by Thomas Bayly Howell, William Cobbett, David Jardine (1819)
"William Lindsay, merchant, challenged peremptorily hy the prisoner. George Carleton,
merchant ... Edmond Nugent, challenged peremptorily by the prisoner. ..."
4. Shirley: A Tale by Charlotte Brontë (1850)
"She peremptorily requested to be let alone. " How dare you"—she would ask herself—"
how dare you show your weakness and betray your imbecile anxieties ? ..."
5. The Concise Dictionary of National Biography by Leslie Stephen, George Smith, Harold F. Oxbury (1885)
"... j very strongly and peremptorily. In 1646 an attempt which was made to bring
the colonists into subjection to the British parliament produced passionate ..."
6. Commentaries on American Law by James Kent, Charles M. Barnes (1884)
"... in the Supreme Court of the United States, (£) the English doctrine (for it
is there admitted to be the established English doctrine) was peremptorily ..."
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