draconianly
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
17
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
5
Syllables
9
Unique Chars
Meaning
adv
Alternative letter-case form of draconianly.
Example Sentences
- "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."
- "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."
- "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."
- "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."
- "“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."
- "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.”"
Etymology
Etymology tree Ancient Greek Δράκων (Drákōn)bor. Latin Dracō Proto-Indo-European *-(i)yós Proto-Italic *-ijos Proto-Italic *-ios Old Latin -ios Latin -ius Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Italic *-nos Proto-Italic *-ānos Latin -ānus Latin -iānusbor. English -ian English draconian Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der. Proto-Germanic *līkąder. Proto-Germanic *-līkaz Proto-Germanic *-ê Proto-Germanic *-līkê Proto-West Germanic *-līkē Old English -līċe Middle English -ly English -ly English draconianly From draconian + -ly.
Word Breakdown
Inflected Forms
more draconianly (comparative)
most draconianly (superlative)