Tyrannously

Tyrannously
Tyrannous Tyr"an*nous (t[i^]r"an*n[u^]s), a. Tyrannical; arbitrary; unjustly severe; despotic. --Sir P. Sidney. -- {Tyr"an*nous*ly}, adv. [1913 Webster]

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