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21 Christianity and/or Biblical vocabulary words
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peremptory
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synonyms: dogmatic ???
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Definition:insistent to the point of admitting no possible contradiction (and that's final!!); dictatorial
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"Katya, go away!" he added.
Levin jumped up, and with a peremptory whisper made her go out.
Leo Tolstoy. Anna Karenina (Translated by Constance Garnett)
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"[...] Shove over.” This she says to the two women on the sofa, her usual peremptory rough-cut slapdash manner,
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There was a peremptory rap on the door behind me. Dougal entered as I pulled my head in.
Diana Gabaldon. Outlander (1991)
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Mrs. Linton peremptorily insisted that she should get to bed; and, having scolded her heartily, threatened to send for the doctor.
Emily Brontë. Wuthering Heights (1847)
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So peremptorily did these shades beckon him, that each day mankind and the claims of mankind slipped farther from him.
Jack London. The Call of the Wild (1903)
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"Now," he said peremptorily, "step forward, please. One at a time, and no shoving."
Aldous Huxley. Brave New World, p.142 (1932)
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SUB. Soon at night, my Dolly,
When we are shipp'd, and all our goods aboard,
Eastward for Ratcliff, we will turn our course
To Brainford, westward, if thou sayst the word,
And take our leaves of this o'er-weening rascal,
This peremptory Face.
Ben Jonson. The Alchemist (1610)
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