Both Uses of "peremptory" in "The Great Gatsby"

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Both Uses

peremptory
in
The Great Gatsby
(Edited)

As I started my motor Daisy peremptorily called: "Wait!"
p. 19.6 *

peremptorily = in a manner that does not allow contradiction or refusal
Something was making him nibble at the edge of stale ideas as if his sturdy physical egotism no longer nourished his peremptory heart.
p. 20.3

peremptory = not allowing contradiction or refusal

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(1) (peremptory)
not allowing contradiction or refusal
(2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)