Draconicallyadv.
After the manner of Draco; with extreme severity.
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sternlyc897
sharplyc900
stitha1000
hardlyOE
starklyOE
sterna1175
stithlya1300
hardilyc1300
ruggedlya1382
austerely?a1400
smartlya1400
unsternlya1400
acerbly?a1425
brussly1481
sore1484
shrewdly1490
dourlya1500
severely1548
roundly1567
severe1599
strictly1602
fiercely1611
Draconically1641
rugged1661
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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