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tyrannically

ADVERB
oppressively
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But his voice tyrannically resounds with sadistic orders and conservative cultural commentary during the second-act flashback scene, in which a fateful day on the set of the show changes the lives of Ronika and Blair.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 23, 2026

In November Mr Morales gave Bolivia’s highest honour to Teodoro Obiang, who has ruled Equatorial Guinea tyrannically for 38 years.

From Economist ● Dec. 1, 2017

Early in the Golden Age of Hollywood, in 1937, two events underlined how tyrannically moguls would exercise authority over starlets.

From The Guardian ● Oct. 19, 2017

Sure, with most clients you can make mailbox rules or filters to weed people out, but SlateMail reduces that command to a single keystroke, and that makes me feel tyrannically powerful.

From Slate ● Feb. 24, 2015

Therefore, they have no show of making aught of such feasts as ours, which are tyrannically urged upon such as in their consciences do condemn them.

From The Works of Mr. George Gillespie (Vol. 1 of 2) by George Gillespie


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