imperiously adverb2 •In an imperious manner; in the style of an emperor.Reversing the car I got the headlights on the bird sitting on the roadside fencepost to reveal a Powerful Owl imperiously staring back at us. — 2005 •In a way that brooks no refusal; commandingly.Something up above was calling him imperiously[.] — 1908 formsmore imperiously · most imperiously