"sternly" meaning in All languages combined

See sternly on Wiktionary

Adverb [English]

IPA: /ˈstɝnli/ [General-American], /ˈstɜːnli/ [Received-Pronunciation] Audio: en-us-sternly.ogg Forms: more sternly [comparative], sternlier [comparative, poetic, rare], most sternly [superlative], sternliest [poetic, rare, superlative]
enPR: stûrnʹlē [General-American] Etymology: From Middle English sternly, sternely, sterneliche, sturnely, sturneliche, from Old English stirnlīċe, styrnlīċe, stiernlīċe (“harshly; severely; sternly”), equivalent to stern + -ly. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|sternly}} Middle English sternly, {{inh|en|ang|stirnlīċe}} Old English stirnlīċe, {{suffix|en|stern|ly}} stern + -ly Head templates: {{en-adv|more|er|comp2_qual=rare, poetic|sup2_qual=rare, poetic}} sternly (comparative more sternly or (rare, poetic) sternlier, superlative most sternly or (rare, poetic) sternliest)
  1. In a stern manner.

Inflected forms

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