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Synonyms for tyrannically

Grammar : Adv
Spell : ti-ran-i-kuhl, tahy-
Phonetic Transcription : tɪˈræn ɪ kəl, taɪ-

Définition of tyrannically

Origin :
  • 1530s; see tyranny + -ical. Tyrannic was used in this sense from late 15c.
  • As in oppressively : adv severely
Example sentences :
  • They loved him tyrannically, on the condition that he should conform to all their prejudices.
  • Extract from : « The Hero » by William Somerset Maugham
  • It was in the nights, of course, that retrospect most tyrannically had its way.
  • Extract from : « The Furnace » by Rose Macaulay
  • For the next fortnight she took Oscar to walk daily, and watched him tyrannically.
  • Extract from : « A Start in Life » by Honore de Balzac
  • Unfortunately, or luckily, no language is tyrannically consistent.
  • Extract from : « Language » by Edward Sapir
  • Indeed, he had dealt with them very harshly and tyrannically.
  • Extract from : « Plutarch's Lives, Volume I (of 4) » by Plutarch
  • She thinks he has treated her cruelly and tyrannically, and she will not pretend to worship him.
  • Extract from : « There and Back » by George MacDonald
  • Since you so tyrannically insist upon my remaining, I will finish this garland while you are having your mysterious explanation.
  • Extract from : « Fairy Fingers » by Anna Cora Mowatt Ritchie
  • Remain in the town he had created and ruled so tyrannically, and which he still loved so devotedly, he could not.
  • Extract from : « Alaska » by Ella Higginson
  • Laws would not be "tyrannically executed" as the opposition feared; the "independency of your judges" would prevent that.
  • Extract from : « The Life of John Marshall (Volume 1 of 4) » by Albert J. Beveridge
  • The Directory had tyrannically seized, as hostages, any relatives of the emigrants upon whom they could lay their hands.
  • Extract from : « Harper's New Monthly Magazine, No. XXIV, May 1852, Vol. IV » by Various

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