Associations to the word «Sternly»

Wiktionary

STERNLY, adverb. In a stern manner.

Dictionary definition

STERNLY, adverb. With sternness; in a severe manner; "`No,' she said sternly"; "peered severely over her glasses".

Wise words

The most important things are the hardest things to say. They are the things you get ashamed of because words diminish your feelings - words shrink things that seem timeless when they are in your head to no more than living size when they are brought out.
Stephen King