despotically

adverb

des·​pot·​i·​cal·​ly |ə̇k(ə)lē 

|ēk-, 

-li

: in a despotic manner : as a despot

the company town implies a hierarchy despotically, if benevolently, guiding the lives of those beneath

—W. H. Whyte

ruling his kingdom despotically

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