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Draconianly
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draconianly
English
Etymology
From en Draconian ly<id:adverbial>.
Adverb
en draconianly.
en 27 February 1904 The Week The World’s News 115 Sydney, N.S.W. 14 https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/994609125/ 3 173352388 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.
en 26 June 1914 Current Topics The Australian Christian Commonwealth XXVII 1349 Adelaide, S.A. 11 https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/1030370272/ 2 219785146 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.
en 1978 Donald G. Hagman Compensation Inhibits Planning Donald G. Hagman; Dean J. Misczynski Windfalls for Wipeouts: Land Value Capture and Compensation Chicago, Ill. American Society of Planning Officials part IV (Wipeout Mitigation Techniques), chapter 11 (Compensable Regulation), “Compensable Regulation for America” section,“Reactions to the Scholars” subsection, “No Compensation” subsubsection 291 https://archive.org/details/isbn_0918286115/page/291/mode/1up 0-918286-11-5 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.
en 1988 John Simon In Double Focus: A Cry in the Dark John Simon on Film: Criticism, 1982–2001 New York, N.Y. Applause Theatre & Cinema Books 2005 “Criticism from the 1980s” section 197 https://archive.org/details/johnsimononfilmc0000simo/page/197/mode/1up 978-1-55783-507-9 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.
en 7 February 1989 Claire White Elderly are relying on charities for help, says expert: New system for benefits rapped w:Leicester Mercury Leicester, Leicestershire 5 https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/861557137/ 3 1063439091 “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.
en 19 June 2010 Jamie Duffy Smoking could be banned at parks: Chatham proposing $100 fines, community service Daily Record Parsippany–Troy Hills, N.J. A3 https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/257068386/ 6 12777527 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 Virginius Nelson Vaughan III. “Certainly it’s part of my mayor’s wellness campaign.”