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disciplinarily

disciplinarily

1 7.9
In a way that involves punishment or official rules for behaviour
  • adverb
  • /ˌdɪsəˈplɪnɛrɪli/
  • Formal
: disciplinariamente
  • Former employees of the Colorado Community College System or one of its 13 colleges, who were disciplinarily terminated or resigned in lieu of termination, must disclose this information in your application materials.

Examples

  • The committee reviewed the case disciplinarily to determine if the professor's actions warranted formal sanctions.

  • In the meeting, they discussed the student's actions disciplinarily to maintain the integrity of the school's code of conduct.

  • The teacher explained the rules disciplinarily to ensure all students understood the consequences of misbehavior.

Synonyms

punitively
vsdisciplinarily
1 7.7

In a way that is meant to make someone suffer because of what they did

relates to enforcing rules or correction rather than only punishment

Surface Forms

disciplinarily positive

Morphology

disciplinarily = disciplinary (transparent) = discipline + ary + ly

Built by adding -ly to 'disciplinary' (which here means relating to punishment or enforcement); the adverbial meaning is a straightforward derivation.

Etymology

Disciplinarily comes from discipline, which began as 'teaching' and 'training' (from the Latin discere 'to learn') and later also took on the idea of 'punish' or 'correct' to keep order. So, to act disciplinarily is to act in a way that trains, corrects, or punishes someone for breaking rules.