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sternly

[sturn-lee]

adverb

  1. in a firm, strict, or austere way.

    Unless the government sternly cracks down on the underground economy, citizens will never pay their taxes diligently.

  2. in a harsh, severe, or grim way.

    Any baker caught mixing sawdust with bread or butcher selling horse meat as beef was immediately and sternly punished.



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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of sternly1

First recorded before 1000; stern 1 ( def. ) + -ly ( def. )
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“I think there needs to be a more robust Democratic Party, and I don't think all these sternly worded letters get it done,” he said, adding.

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"Nothing else, no rank or anything," Kit says sternly.

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"Yes, we used to see him all the time when he came here," he said, interrupting himself to sternly invite tourists to put their phones away or cover their shoulders.

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Also on Thursday, a congressional committee on education that has focused its ire on elite schools it believes to have failed to protect Jewish students sent a sternly worded letter to Pomona College in Claremont.

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You’ve probably taken antibiotics for an infection and been told very sternly to finish the entire bottle of medication, even if you feel better after just a few days.

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