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Antonyms for sternlystern·ly

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Princeton's WordNet2.7 / 6 votes

  1. sternly, severelyadverb

    with sternness; in a severe manner

    "`No,' she said sternly"; "peered severely over her glasses"

    Synonyms:
    hard, badly, seriously, severely, gravely

How to use sternly in a sentence?

  1. President Joko Widodo:

    I'm (now) ordering large-scale social limits, physical distancing needs to be done more sternly, more disciplined, and effectively.

  2. Louis Tomlinson:

    But it was my mum who said to me that Ive just got to keep going, she told me very sternly that she wanted me to.

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