Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- In a tyrannical manner; with arbitrary or oppressive exercise of power.
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- adverb In a
tyrannical manner
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Examples
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"Western-style democratic theory simply isn't suited to African conditions, but rather carries with it the root of disaster," the People's Daily newspaper, the official mouthpiece of China's ruling Communist Party, said in a commentary today that blamed Kenya's post-election violence on European countries 'decisions to "tyrannically" impose Western democratic systems when their colonies achieved independence.
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Pre-colonial Africa had its own ways of resolving problems through consensus, those traditional systems were ignored when former European rulers "tyrannically" imposed Western democratic systems upon independence, the People's Daily newspaper said in a commentary.
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The words he chose were very long and took up the whole line, and he evinced a marked partiality for such expressions as "tyrannically,"
The Fat and the Thin ��mile Zola 1871
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We only see the same old parent tyrannically hurling the same old silences and aggression so we are blind to the sadness, loneliness or fear that have crept in over the years.
Rabbi Will Berkovitz: Seek, Don't Hide: Religious Wisdom To Cure Spiritual Blindness Rabbi Will Berkovitz 2011
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We only see the same old parent tyrannically hurling the same old silences and aggression so we are blind to the sadness, loneliness or fear that have crept in over the years.
Rabbi Will Berkovitz: Seek, Don't Hide: Religious Wisdom To Cure Spiritual Blindness Rabbi Will Berkovitz 2011
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The government is not necessarily acting tyrannically if it tries to set the default close to the choice people would make in the ideal, infinite-time world.
The Volokh Conspiracy » Further to Andrew Ferguson on Behavioral Economics 2010
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Those, indeed, who rule for the public good, are true examples and specimens of his beneficence, while those who domineer unjustly and tyrannically are raised up by him to punish the people for their iniquity.
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We only see the same old parent tyrannically hurling the same old silences and aggression so we are blind to the sadness, loneliness or fear that have crept in over the years.
Rabbi Will Berkovitz: Seek, Don't Hide: Religious Wisdom To Cure Spiritual Blindness Rabbi Will Berkovitz 2011
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Those, indeed, who rule for the public good, are true examples and specimens of his beneficence, while those who domineer unjustly and tyrannically are raised up by him to punish the people for their iniquity.
The Volokh Conspiracy » Thoughts on the Revolution (?) in Kyrgyzstan 2010
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Sure, some websites capability kiss the feet your encumber, re-using it and putting ads on it – making bread from your tyrannically in the planning stages unemployed.
The Culture of Sharing: Why Releasing Copyright Will Be the Smartest Thing You Do | Write to Done 2009
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