Imperially

The half-length mirror reveals a figure somewhat too full to be called imperially slim. ❋ Modesitt, L. E. (2000)

Dorsey also was seen swanning around imperially during group-sing prep. ❋ Unknown (2011)

Coyne imperially declares faith and science incompatible. ❋ Unknown (2010)

The bottom of my bag would be a morass of red glitter, ripped paper doilies, and crushed SweetHearts, imperially commanding to "Kiss Me." ❋ Kerry Saretsky (2011)

An exchange of cradle-babes, and the base-born slave may wear the purple imperially, and the royal infant begs an alms as wheedlingly or cringe to the lash as abjectly as his meanest subject. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Since 1898 we have been intervening imperially in third world countries. ❋ Unknown (2010)

America, imperially raping and robbing Haiti for one hundred years; before that, the French imperially raped and robbing Haiti all through the 19th century. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Bainbridges, the auction house, said that the final price for the 16-inch vase & ndash; an imperially commissioned piece decorated with a fish motif & ndash; far exceeded the pre-auction estimated price, which was about 1.2 million pounds. ❋ The Huffington Post News Team (2010)

Some have said that Haig acted imperially and hastened Nixon's exit to protect the country. ❋ Tom Shachtman (2010)

If debt-ridden, imperially over-extended America can't do the job, then China, destined to become the world's largest economy, might have to step in. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Ahead, beyond a line of trees, the eastern sky had become imperially violet and the first stars trembled. ❋ Peter DeWolf (2010)

He maintained that now it was they, the Americans, who were imperially overextended. ❋ Derek Leebaert (2010)

And from the Council on Foreign Relations, senior fellow Max Boot urges policymakers to “think imperially” of a “Pax Americana” as troubled lands like Afghanistan “truly cry out for the sort of enlightened foreign administration once provided by self-confident Englishmen in jodhpurs and pith helmets.” ❋ Derek Leebaert (2010)