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imperatively
adverb
uk /ɪmˈper.ə.tɪv.li/ us /ɪmˈper.ə.t̬ɪv.li/
in a way that is extremely important or urgent:
He found that the interests of safety and welfare imperatively required action.
The times we live in make it imperatively necessary to revisit these central questions.
in a way that is expressed very strongly or as an order:
I was told, pretty imperatively, to check in my pockets.
"Sshh!" said Sam again, flapping her hand imperatively.
A solution is imperatively demanded, and the sooner it comes, the better.
The policy is set imperatively to prevent civil servants from promoting their personal agendas in the media.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
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all-important
at all costsidiom
be a matter of life and/or deathidiom
cardinally
chief
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last but not leastidiom
leading
life-altering
life-and-death
life-changing
overriding
primary
prime
principally
prior
prized
seminal
tectonic
weighty
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