imperatively

1. 1.

   in an imperative and commanding manner

   Synonymsperemptorily

Questions about imperatively

What does imperatively mean?

imperatively means "in an imperative and commanding manner".

How many syllables are in imperatively?

imperatively has 6 syllables: im-pe-ra-ti-ve-ly. The stress falls on "ti".

What is another word for imperatively?

Close synonyms include peremptorily. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is imperatively a common word?

imperatively is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.