imperatively

Meanings

• Adverb

  Used to express a command or strong request that something must be done.

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Rhymes

Words rhyming with imperatively
perpetually , compulsively , compellingly

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Variants

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imperative , imperatively , imperativeness , imperativenesses

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Etymology

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From the Latin word 'imperare' meaning 'to command' or 'to order'.

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Trivia

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1. Did you know that the word 'imperatively' is often used in computer programming to denote a function call that must be executed immediately?

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Related Concepts

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1. Command: A request or order that must be obeyed.

2. Urgency: A state of necessity or importance requiring immediate action.

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Quotes

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1. We had a long and interesting evening with the Katzenbachs. He and Lyndon discussed the "imperative" need to make Washington a law-abiding city and how to go about it.

   - Lady Bird Johnson,27 Jan. 1965,{"source"=>"{it}A White House Diary{/it}", "aqdate"=>"1970"}

2. … I have begun to feel each time as if I am mutilating my antennae (which is how Rastafarians, among others, think of hair) and attenuating my power. It seems "imperative" not to cut my hair anymore.

   - Alice Walker,{it}Living by the Word{/it},(1981) 1988

3. This strange and distorted form of breathing could be interrupted for a minute or two by a strong effort of will, but would then resume its bizarre and "imperative" character.

   - Oliver Sacks,{it}Awakenings{/it},1973

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Culture

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In literature, 'imperatively' is often used to convey a sense of urgency or importance. For example, in Shakespeare's Macbeth, Lady Macbeth uses the word 'imperatively' to urge her husband to commit regicide: 'Come, you spirits / That tend on mortal thoughts, unsex me here, / And fill me from the crown to the toe topmost / With direst cruelty! Make thick my blood, / Stop up th' access and passage to remorse, / That no compunctious visitings of nature / Shake my fell purpose nor keep peace between / Th' effect and it.'

How to Memorize "imperatively"

1. visualize
   

   - Imagine a soldier giving a command to his troops: 'Advance imperatively!'

2. associate
   

   - Associate the word 'imperatively' with the idea of a command or strong request.

3. mnemonics
   

   - Create a mnemonic by remembering the first letter of each word in the phrase 'Important Commands Are Always Imperative'

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