imperially, adv.
(ɪmˈpɪərɪəlɪ)
[f. imperial a. + -ly2.]
1. In an imperial manner; as, or by, an emperor or supreme ruler; with commanding demeanour or style, majestically; autocratically; in relation to, or in the way of attachment to, the empire.
| 1550 Nicolls Thucyd. 70 The prynces oftentymes vsed that same custome imperially and by constraincte. 1570 T. Norton tr. Nowel's Catech. (1853) 196 God..alone may everywhere gloriously reign, imperially rule, and triumph. a 1661 Fuller Worthies i. (1662) 297 His Sur-name, [Siveyer] so contemptible in English, sounds Imperially and Episcopally when latinized [Severus]. a 1704 T. Brown Praise Drunkenness Wks. 1730 I. 37 She reigns imperially in Germany and Denmark. 1844 Mrs. Browning Lady Geraldine's Courtship lvi, She smiles them down imperially. 1881 Daily News 19 May 5 The project..having been Imperially approved, passed in the usual course the Council of State. |
b. Comb., as imperially-minded.
| 1890 Spectator 3 May, From the point of view of an imperially-minded Englishman. |
2. Heraldry. imperially crowned: said of charges represented with an imperial crown, as distinguished from a ducal or other coronet: cf. ducally.
| 1823 Crabb Technol. Dict., Imperially crowned, an epithet for any charge, arms, crest, or supporters that are crowned with a regal crown. 1864 Boutell Her. Hist. & Pop. xix. 303 A lion rampant guardant or, imperially crowned ppr. |