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# imperious

«imperious» in Mova's school dictionary: **bossy and commanding, used to being obeyed, though it can…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

adjective

### meaning for a pupil

Imperious means bossy and commanding, used to being obeyed, though it can also be a proud kind of charm. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/imperious/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

describes a proud queen or princess who gives orders or looks at others with a strong, commanding manner

### examples

- "Come here at once," she said in an imperious voice. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/imperious/#x1)
- The queen gave an imperious look. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/imperious/#x2)
- Her eyes held him with imperious tenderness. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/imperious/#x3)

### note

nothing for maths

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «imperious» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/imperious/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.