imperatively

adverb

im·​per·​a·​tive·​ly

|ə̇vlē, 

-li

: in an imperative manner

“Take notice,” said the King, imperatively, “thou hast never left this post … ”

—Sir Walter Scott, Quentin Durward, 1823

… venturing on unknown seas where the divine protection was imperatively needed.

—Samuel Eliot Morison, The European Discovery of America, 1974

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