Hypertext Webster Gateway: "sternly"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Sternly \Stern"ly\, adv.
In a stern manner.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
sternly
adv : with sternness; in a severe manner; "`No,' she said
sternly"; "peered severely over her glasses" [syn: {severely}]
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