Definition of "sternly" []

• In a stern manner. (adverb)

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• "Glancing at Juan, she saw the troubled darkness of his eyes as he gazed at the hollow, his expression sternly sober."
• ""Also," said Tish, cutting in sternly, "you took away my revolver, and left us helpless last night, and in peril of wild beasts.""
• "He did not appear to fairly understand it until he was shown the chest with the ventilated lid; then his countenance cleared, and, taking the unhappy Billy by the collar, he called sternly for a piece of rope."