imperially

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/ɪmˈpɪəɹɪəli/

adverb

In an imperial manner.

Scrabble 17

Meanings

adverbimperially (comparative more imperially, superlative most imperially)

comparative more imperially · superlative most imperially

  1. In an imperial manner.
  2. From an imperial standpoint; with due regard to the whole of an empire, and not only to its metropole.
    1 more example

    If I have established a prima facie case that all is not well with the body politic of the Empire, how then is the problem capable of solution? In order to deal with the situation, it is fundamental to remember (whether one likes it or not) that the Statute of Westminster has been enacted, and therefore one must now deal with the matter not from an insular standpoint, but imperially.

    1937 November 18th, Edward Frank Iwi, “A Plea for an Imperial Privy Council and Judicial Committee”, in Transactions of the Grotius Society: Papers Read before the Society in the Year 1937, volume 23: Problems of Peace and War, →JSTOR, page 135
nounimperially (uncountable)
  1. archaicuncountableImperial power; imperium.

    Sheldon

Origin

Translations

Portuguese imperialmente
  • imperialmentein an imperial manner
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Chicago

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