Draconicallyadv.
After the manner of Draco; with extreme severity.
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1641 Parall. betw. Wolsey & Laud in Harl. Misc. (Malh.) IV. 465 Both of them at the Council-board, and in the star~chamber, [were] alike draconically supercilious.
1887 S. Whitman Convent. Cant 87 It is draconically prohibited.
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