despotically
Americanadverb
Example Sentences
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His new boss is the imposing Monsignor Jefferson Wicks, despotically played by Josh Brolin.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 27, 2025
A large, irascible man in his late 50s with a firm Orthodox faith, Khachaturyan had run his household despotically since he allegedly forced his wife to leave in 2015.
From The Guardian • Mar. 10, 2020
Most were from the impoverished and despotically ruled northeast African nation of Eritrea.
From New York Times • Sep. 3, 2015
All of a sudden she felt despotically maternal.
From The Guardian • Mar. 18, 2013
The character of the Three Days and the present condition of France, more despotically governed than ever Napoleon dared, was too palpable an example to escape mention.
From Diary And Notes Of Horace Templeton, Esq. Volume II (of II) by Lever, Charles James
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