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tyrannically

adverb as in oppressively

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Example Sentences

It cannot be denied that there are cases in which the slaves are tyrannically treated, but this is extremely rare.

His love could not be otherwise than selfish; but it was none the less capable of ruling him tyrannically.

They had ruled tyrannically, and with their deaths our fear passed away, having inflicted due punishment with so little bloodshed.

How dared this lady to marry a man so distinguished, and then to treat him ill and tyrannically?

Most tyrannically; for you see he has got the start of me, and I, the poor forsaken maid, am left complaining on the shore.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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