Synonyms

1. severely

Sentence Examples

1. When were not thy professions of love sternly and scornfully rejected and rebuked?
2. The heron looked him sternly in the eyes then flapped his wings slowly and took off.
3. The old woman sternly yelled her orders to others, and footsteps rang through the halls.
4. Athene nodded sternly, offering Kirke a woollen napkin with which to dry herself.
5. Sternly warning all three children to remain with Cedric and remain hidden, I slipped into the deep forest.
6. He looked sternly across the room at Catherine and gestured for her to remain seated while he collected the tray of food that had been delivered.
7. Clarissa followed, and Odet sternly order Isabella to keep an eye on Elisa as she stepped out with us.
8. But there are limits alike to grief and joy and long before the watches of the morning came the stillness of those boundless woods was only broken by a gay call from some exulting young Frenchman of the advanced pickets, or a menacing challenge from the fort, which sternly forbade the approach of any hostile footsteps before the stipulated moment.
9. Van Helsing raised his hand over his head for a moment, as though in remonstrance with the Almighty but he said not a word, and in a few seconds stood up with his face sternly set.
10. Then she sternly looked him in the eyes again, nodded slightly, wiping her own tears.