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Definition of Sternly
1. Adverb. With sternness; in a severe manner. "Peered severely over her glasses"
Definition of Sternly
1. adv. In a stern manner.
Definition of Sternly
1. Adverb. In a stern manner. ¹
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Definition of Sternly
1. in a stern manner [adv]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Sternly
Literary usage of Sternly
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire by Edward Gibbon (1831)
"He was sternly forbid to pitch bis tents in a pleasant valley, lest he should
infringe the distant awe that was due to the royal mansion. ..."
2. The Seasons by James Thomson, Patrick Murdoch, John Aikin (1811)
"Nor purpose gay, Amusement, dance, or song, he sternly scorns ; For happiness
and true philosophy Are of the social still, and smiling kind. ..."
3. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine (1833)
"... Almost too sternly simple, too austere Arow it seems fraught with holiest
power, to hush In its grave majesty JI love it now— All billows of the soul, ..."
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