Dictionary

draconically en · ADV · etymology 1

Etymology

From draconic + -ally or draconical + -ly, from Latin dracō (“dragon”).

Meanings

1. In a draconic (relating to or suggestive of dragons) manner.
   • Dragons were hierarchical. The race ran on blood and lineage, and everything about family background mattered. Iampaatar was at the top of the food chain, draconically speaking. 2017, Yasmine Galenorn, “Smoke and Mirrors”, in Otherworld Tales, volume 1, Kirkland, Wash.: Nightqueen Enterprises LLC, →ISBN:
   • Sulla breathed heavily and roared draconically. His mouth opened wide, and boiling water and steam rushed from his throat. 2023, Pearce DeChamplain, “Septimus—Birthday”, in The Valley of Dragons, Pittsburgh, Pa.: Dorrance Publishing Co, →ISBN:
   • Selenth, being the most prominent copper dragon in the Alliance, had a slightly draconically uncharacteristic ego about him, which showed from time to time and was usually brought back to measure by one of the Capital Wing dragons. 2013 June 12, J. Michael Flück, “Dragon Council”, in Dragon Alliance: Dark Storm, [Bloomington, Ind.]: Xlibris, →ISBN, page 56:

Forms

draconically en · ADV · etymology 2

Etymology

From draconic + -ally or draconical + -ly, from Latin Dracō (“name of an Athenian lawgiver”).

Meanings

1. In a draconic (very severe or strict; draconian) manner.

Forms

Synonyms

draconianly