In a draconic manner; with extreme harshness or severity.
The adverb form of draconic, created by adding the standard English adverb suffix -ally. This allows the adjective describing Draco's severity to function as an adverb modifying verbs and other adjectives.
When a judge sentences someone 'draconically,' the word choice itself judges the judgment—it's a linguistic way of saying 'this is unfairly harsh' without directly insulting the authority!
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