rhadamanthine

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San Francisco State College President S. I. Hayakawa, a hero to California conservatives for his rhadamanthine handling of student demonstrators in the past, serenely denied that M-day was being observed on his campus.

From Time Magazine Archive

Even before these rhadamanthine judgments were pronounced, Carol's out-of-town notices had set the box office of Manhattan's Ziegfeld Theater humming with the biggest advance seat sale in theatrical history�a whacking $600,000 worth.

From Time Magazine Archive

The orders were all given overnight, two nights ago; were all understood, too, and known to be rhadamanthine; and, down to the lowest pioneer, no man is uncertain what to do.

From History of Friedrich II of Prussia — Volume 12 by Carlyle, Thomas

Imprimatur nevertheless was the concluding word,—with these grave abatements, and rhadamanthine admonitions.

From Life of John Sterling by Carlyle, Thomas

Date and document exist for all these cases, though my Dryasdust gives none; and the cases are indubitable; very rhadamanthine indeed.

From History of Friedrich II of Prussia — Volume 08 by Carlyle, Thomas