单词 | despotically |
释义 | despoticallyadv. In a despotic manner; with absolute power. ΘΚΠ society > authority > rule or government > oppression > [adverb] > despotically or autocratically absolutely1549 despotically1681 despoticly?1692 autocratically1772 1681 Whole Duty of Nations 53 Despotically to command, or compel, is not of the nature of True Christian..Religion. 1765 W. Blackstone Comm. Laws Eng. I. 234 A monarchy absolutely and despotically regal. 1814 W. Scott Waverley I. xix. 296 The great man of his neighbourhood..ruling despotically over a small clan. View more context for this quotation 1860 Sat. Rev. 9 137/2 In despotically governed monarchies. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1895; most recently modified version published online September 2018). < adv.1681 |
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