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tyˈrannically, adv.
[f. prec. + -ly2.]
1. In a tyrannical manner; oppressively; despotically.
1560J. Daus tr. Sleidane's Comm. 216 Luther was in dede condemned..violently and tyrannically. 1653H. Cogan tr. Pinto's Trav. lxi. 248 God hath made you Kings to use clemency towards men,..not to kill them tyrannically. 1699W. Dampier Voy. II. i. iv. 78 These poor Prisoners..are tyranically insulted over by their rigid Creditors, till the debt is satisfied. 1756C. Smart tr. Horace, Sat. ii. ii. (1826) II. 101 Such a man will not..be tyrannically cruel. 1839James Louis XIV, III. 145 Colbert..pursuing not only eagerly, but somewhat tyrannically, his schemes. 1874Spurgeon Treas. Dav. Ps. xcix. 4 His power never exerts itself tyrannically.
†2. As an intensive: Exceedingly; violently; vehemently. Obs. colloq.
1602Marston Antonio's Rev. v. iii, I am most tyrannically hungry. 1602Shakes. Ham. ii. ii. 356 That crye out on the top of question; and are most tyrannically clap't for't. 1607Puritan i. iv. 73, I warrant, my Kinsman's talking of me, for my left eare burnes most tyrannically.
So tyˈrannicalness, tyrannical character. rare.
1649Roberts Clavis Bibl. 588 Which Chaldeans are described..By their..Tyrannicalnesse. 1727in Bailey vol. II. |