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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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