tyrannously
tyrannously adverb: in a tyrannous or despotic manner.
Adverb
tyrannously (comparative more tyrannously, superlative most tyrannously)
- 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.1866, C[harles] Kingsley, “Prelude. Of the Fens.”, in Hereward the Wake, “Last of the English.” […], volume I, London; Cambridge, Cambridgeshire: Macmillan and Co., →OCLC, page 4
- Not tyrannously the strong should use their strength,
Nor they which prosper think to prosper aye.1894, Arthur S. Way, Hecuba, lines 282–283, page 211 in The Tragedies of Euripides, Vol. I.
- Synonyms:
- despotically
Synonyms of tyrannously
Forms of tyrannously
| comparative | more tyrannously |
|---|---|
| superlative | most tyrannously |
Origin of tyrannously
From tyrannous + -ly.
Questions about tyrannously
- What does tyrannously mean?
- Tyrannously means in a tyrannous or despotic manner.
- What part of speech is tyrannously?
- Tyrannously is an adverb.
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