STERNLY

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

I. (adverb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

With sternness; in a severe manner

Example:

peered severely over her glasses

Synonyms:

severely; sternly

Classified under:

Adverbs

Pertainym:

stern (of a stern or strict bearing or demeanor; forbidding in aspect)

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Context examples:

“Wolf Larsen,” I said sternly, for the first time addressing him by this his most familiar name, I am unable to shoot a helpless, unresisting man.

(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)

“There is little merit in this confession,” quoth the bailiff sternly.

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

That is why I have sternly set my face against any proffered scholastic appointment.

(The Lost World, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Jo couldn't even lose her heart in a decorous manner, but sternly tried to quench her feelings, and failing to do so, led a somewhat agitated life.

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)

"Because," he said sternly, "it is too late—or too early. See!"

(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)

‘Where have you been?’ I asked, more sternly.

(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

“There is one other thing you owe, Mr. Holder,” said Sherlock Holmes rather sternly.

(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

“Sir,” he corrected, not harshly, but sternly.

(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)

I take her sternly from the side of Captain Bailey.

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)