tyrannously

English

Etymology

From tyrannous + -ly.

Adverb

tyrannously (comparative more tyrannously, superlative most tyrannously)

  1. In a tyrannous or despotic manner.
    • 1894, Arthur S. Way, Hecuba, lines 282–283, page 211 in The Tragedies of Euripides, Vol. I.
      Not tyrannously the strong should use their strength,
      Nor they which prosper think to prosper aye.

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