Tyrannously
adv
adv ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Adverb
- 1 In a tyrannous or despotic manner.
"He finds out, soon enough for his weal and his bane, that he is stronger than Nature: and right tyrannously and irreverently he lords it over her, clearing, delving, dyking, building, without fear or shame."
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More examples"He finds out, soon enough for his weal and his bane, that he is stronger than Nature: and right tyrannously and irreverently he lords it over her, clearing, delving, dyking, building, without fear or shame."
Etymology
From tyrannous + -ly.
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