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tirantement (1404)
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tirantement (1404)

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  FEW:  tyrannus *13/ii,463a Gdf: ∅ GdfC: ∅ TL: ∅ DEAF:  tiran (*)  DMF: ∅ TLF: ∅ OED:  tyrantly adv.  MED: ∅ DMLBS:  tyranniter 3536b

adv.

in the manner of a tyrant, cruelly: 
( 1404 ) divers vesselx d'armeis, par les quelx il a [...] fait sursigler, soubmerger, et effronder divers vesselx, et les gens fait voier (l. noier?), et tirantement fait occer a lances et a dartes quant aucun s'est pené de soy sauver au nage  Roy Lett Hen IV i 221

[gdw]

See also:

tirannizer  tirant1  tirantie  tirantise 
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tirantement