† tyrantlyadv.
Obsolete. rare.
Tyrannically.
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society > authority > rule or government > oppression > [adverb]
tyrantlyc1470
tyrannicly1539
tyrannously?1542
slavely1553
tyrannically1560
tyranniously1608
slavishly1621
oppressively1650
grindingly1828
inquisitorially1830
c1470 J. Hardyng Chron. xx. iv. (MS. Arch. Seld. B. 10) lf. 19 He..His commons alle with taxes did distreyne So tirantly he lefte þeim noght to spende.
1560 T. Becon Flower Godly Prayers in Wks. II. 171 A multitude of enemies..haue all ready most tyrantelye spoyled me of my garmentes.
1579 (c1501) G. Douglas Palice of Honour (Edinb.) iii. l. 1571 in Shorter Poems (1967) 101 I saw..How tyranlie [?1553 London tyrrand lyk] he Iowrie all opprest.
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