Draconianly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more Draconianly
form: most Draconianly
Etymology: From Draconian + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: The loquacious barber causes more havoc amongst the nerves of the public than is generally imagined, and when the community becomes more intelligently alive to its true interests, he will be Draconianly suppressed as an enemy of his race.
ref: 1904 February 27, “The Week”, in The World’s News, number 115, Sydney, N.S.W., →OCLC, page 14, column 3:
text: It shows the folly, in times of peace, anyhow, of allowing soldiers to administer the law. A civil magistrate would not in such a case have been so Draconianly ferocious.
ref: 1914 June 26, “Current Topics”, in The Australian Christian Commonwealth, volume XXVII, number 1349, Adelaide, S.A., →OCLC, page 11, column 2:
text: Government can pick off a few property owners by harsh regulations without paying compensation. But when it does so, it raises fairness or equal protection hackles in the American psyche. When the fates of arbitrary governmental action settle too Draconianly on any few, even if they are the crassest of land speculators, sympathy buds may begin to salivate.
ref: 1978, Donald G. Hagman, “Compensation Inhibits Planning”, in Donald G. Hagman, Dean J. Misczynski, editors, Windfalls for Wipeouts: Land Value Capture and Compensation, Chicago, Ill.: American Society of Planning Officials, →ISBN, part IV (Wipeout Mitigation Techniques), chapter 11 (Compensable Regulation), “Compensable Regulation for America” section, […], page 291:
text: Consider the masterly way in which Schepisi conveys chaos in the crowd scenes, how the submersion of the principals in the multitude, the heterogeneous concurrent actions, the Draconianly cut short takes fitted together with a soupcon of disjointedness allow confusion to make its masterpiece.
ref: 1988, John Simon, “In Double Focus: A Cry in the Dark”, in John Simon on Film: Criticism, 1982–2001, New York, N.Y.: Applause Theatre & Cinema Books, published 2005, →ISBN, “Criticism from the 1980s” section, page 197:
text: “Combined with that, Social Fund Officers have been interpreting the regulations Draconianly,” he [Mike Marvell] added. “If officers started to ease their interpretations they would start using the money they say they are not spending,” he said.
ref: 1989 February 7, Claire White, “Elderly are relying on charities for help, says expert: New system for benefits rapped”, in Leicester Mercury, Leicester, Leicestershire, →OCLC, page 5, column 3:
text: The smoking ban isn’t that unusual, says [Lisa] DeRosa who met with the board June 10. There are “at least 100 in the state, beaches, so we’re not setting a precedent.” DeRosa and her board have consulted with GASP in Summit, a local presence for 53 years. “It’s not going to be Draconianly enforced by any means,” said Mayor V[irginius] Nelson Vaughan III. “Certainly it’s part of my mayor’s wellness campaign.”
ref: 2010 June 19, Jamie Duffy, “Smoking could be banned at parks: Chatham proposing $100 fines, community service”, in Daily Record, Parsippany–Troy Hills, N.J., →OCLC, page A3, column 6:
glosses: Alternative letter-case form of draconianly.