IMPERIALLY
imperially
(adverb) in an imperial manner; “imperially decreed”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adverb
imperially (comparative more imperially, superlative most imperially)
In an imperial manner.
Source: Wiktionary
Im*pe"ri*al*ly, adv.
Definition: In an imperial manner.
Im*pe"ri*al*ly, n.
Definition: Imperial power. [R.] Sheldon.
IMPERIAL
Im*pe"ri*al, a. Etym: [OE. emperial, OF. emperial, F. impérial, fr.
L. imperialis, fr. imperium command, sovereignty, empire. See
Empire.]
1. Of or pertaining to an empire, or to an emperor; as, an imperial
government; imperial authority or edict.
The last That wore the imperial diadem of Rome. Shak.
2. Belonging to, or suitable to, supreme authority, or one who wields
it; royal; sovereign; supreme. "The imperial democracy of Athens."
Mitford.
Who, as Ulysses says, opinion crowns With an imperial voice. Shak.
To tame the proud, the fetter'd slave to free, These are imperial
arts, and worthy thee. Dryden.
He sounds his imperial clarion along the whole line of battle. E.
Everett.
3. Of superior or unusual size or excellence; as, imperial paper;
imperial tea, etc. Imperial bushel, gallon, etc. See Bushel, Gallon,
etc.
– Imperial chamber, the, the sovereign court of the old German
empire.
– Imperial city, under the first German empire, a city having no
head but the emperor.
– Imperial diet, an assembly of all the states of the German
empire.
– Imperial drill. (Manuf.) See under 8th Drill.
– Imperial eagle. (Zoöl.) See Eagle.
– Imperial green. See Paris green, under Green.
– Imperial guard, the royal guard instituted by Napoleon I.
– Imperial weights and measures, the standards legalized by the
British Parliament.
Im*pe"ri*al, n. Etym: [F. impériale: cf. Sp. imperial.]
1. The tuft of hair on a man's lower lip and chin; -- so called from
the style of beard of Napoleon III.
2. An outside seat on a diligence. T. Hughes.
3. A luggage case on the top of a coach. Simmonds.
4. Anything of unusual size or excellence, as a large decanter, a
kind of large photograph, a large sheet of drowing, printing, or
writing paper, etc.
5. A gold coin of Russia worth ten rubles, or about eight dollars.
McElrath.
6. A kind of fine cloth brought into England from Greece. or other
Eastern countries, in the Middle Ages.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition