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Sternly

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Stern  (stûrn), Isaac Born 1920.
Russian-born American violinist who is considered among the great 20th-century virtuosos.
stern 1  (stûrn)
adj. stern·er, stern·est
1. Hard, harsh, or severe in manner or character: a stern disciplinarian. See Synonyms at severe.
2. Grim, gloomy, or forbidding in appearance or outlook.
3. Firm or unyielding; uncompromising.
4. Inexorable; relentless: stern necessity.
[Middle English sterne, from Old English styrne; see ster-1 in Indo-European roots.]
sternly adv.
sternness n.
stern 2  (stûrn)
n.
1. Nautical The rear part of a ship or boat.
2. A rear part or section.
[Middle English sterne, perhaps of Scandinavian origin; akin to Old Norse stjrn, rudder; see st- in Indo-European roots.]
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Adv.1.sternly - with sternness; in a severe manner; "`No,' she said sternly"; "peered severely over her glasses"
severely


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Massacres are to be sternly forbidden as heretofore; but any citizen or subject of either country disobeying the injunction is to detach the scalps of all persons massacred and deposit them with a local officer designated to receive and preserve them and sworn to keep and render a true account thereof.
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Her method of teaching was to ask the printed questions from the quarterly and look sternly over its edge at the particular little girl she thought ought to answer the question.
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"Then, Aucassin," she replied, almost sternly, in her great girlish love, "this is true also,--I love you.
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