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What is another word for
sternly
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In a serious or grim manner
In a serious or stern manner
Adverb for strict or exacting in standards
Adverb for forbidding or grim in appearance
Adverb
▲
In a serious or grim manner
harshly
brutally
severely
roughly
hard
oppressively
stiffly
hardly
ill
cruelly
mercilessly
savagely
pitilessly
heartlessly
inhumanly
callously
viciously
brutishly
unmercifully
strictly
tyrannically
spitefully
badly
repressively
firmly
barbarously
grimly
gratingly
with an iron hand
monstrously
sadistically
with a rod of iron
ruthlessly
unkindly
violently
unsympathetically
adversely
fiercely
heavily
ferociously
angrily
remorselessly
hard-heartedly
cold-heartedly
inhumanely
abusively
cold-bloodedly
unrelentingly
relentlessly
unsparingly
unfeelingly
uncharitably
insensitively
stonily
compassionlessly
affectlessly
obdurately
soullessly
insensately
uncaringly
coldly
unforgivingly
hardheartedly
stony-heartedly
unpityingly
uncompassionately
toughly
inflexibly
unbendingly
meanly
barbarically
unemotionally
inconsiderately
implacably
indifferently
austerely
unmovedly
uncompromisingly
coldheartedly
unyieldingly
unconcernedly
wickedly
rigidly
intolerantly
rigorously
inexorably
nastily
malevolently
draconianly
thoughtlessly
bloodthirstily
apathetically
unfriendlily
unpleasantly
exactingly
steelily
maliciously
hurtfully
murderously
vindictively
fiendishly
hostilely
unresponsively
adamantly
wantonly
heavy-handedly
vilely
authoritarianly
malignantly
bestially
inclemently
flintily
truculently
brutely
evilly
tyrannously
illiberally
unsentimentally
unremittingly
unappeasably
unlovingly
disagreeably
onerously
atrociously
tactlessly
hardhandedly
bloodlessly
heinously
sanguinarily
stone-heartedly
hatefully
snidely
torturously
tormentingly
unaffectedly
spiritlessly
dourly
cynically
impassively
headstrongly
insensibly
ferally
surlily
diabolically
adamantinely
ungenerously
coolly
wolfishly
punishingly
stringently
selfishly
unchristianly
unempathetically
unamiably
appallingly
unfairly
sourly
despicably
contemptibly
shabbily
aloofly
cattily
wretchedly
depravedly
dishonourably
UK
rottenly
abominably
intensely
basely
ill-naturedly
deplorably
scummily
dirtily
lowly
gruffly
wrathfully
disinterestedly
aversively
repellently
execrably
repugnantly
ignominiously
despitefully
low-mindedly
currishly
dishonorably
US
halfheartedly
slaughterously
detestably
lukewarmly
virulently
mortally
vengefully
inhospitably
bloodily
punitively
solidly
rancorously
excessively
revengefully
uncivilly
hellishly
premeditatedly
crassly
forbiddingly
egregiously
flagitiously
dispassionately
imperceptively
uncordially
frigidly
heedlessly
satanically
coldbloodedly
unsympathizingly
ungraciously
dictatorially
despotically
detachedly
churlishly
crotchetily
cantankerously
drastically
impenetrably
deadly
suppressively
greyly
UK
grayly
US
bleakly
obstinately
inattentively
unflinchingly
intractably
resolutely
critically
unnaturally
refractorily
immutably
desperately
pugnaciously
unmindfully
carelessly
hardheadedly
crudely
coarsely
torpidly
infernally
bearishly
unimpressionably
stubbornly
disdainfully
impenitently
blindly
grievously
painfully
distressingly
gallingly
disgracefully
abjectly
poignantly
harrowingly
heartbreakingly
disturbingly
agonizingly
US
awfully
degenerately
meanspiritedly
heart-rendingly
excruciatingly
upsettingly
direly
disquietingly
vexatiously
foully
homicidally
miserably
ruggedly
searingly
yuckily
tragically
chillingly
traumatically
unhappily
uncongenially
heartrendingly
distastefully
unsavourily
UK
tryingly
displeasingly
sadly
burdensomely
unpleasingly
unpalatably
unsavorily
US
unwelcomely
obnoxiously
distressfully
greatly
ickily
mortifyingly
sorely
degradedly
sordidly
shamefully
grubbily
odiously
devilishly
loathsomely
annoyingly
offensively
intemperately
calamitously
afflictively
bitterly
hideously
ghastlily
narrow-mindedly
scabbily
cheaply
scurvily
rattily
lousily
ignobly
pettily
lamely
gut-wrenchingly
horribly
horridly
nefariously
grossly
malignly
immorally
perniciously
more ❯
“Tito and his Communist regime acted
sternly
to suppress nationalist tendencies.”
Adverb
▲
In a serious or stern manner
severely
grimly
coldly
seriously
sombrely
coolly
frostily
gravely
dourly
icily
disapprovingly
stiffly
solemnly
earnestly
soberly
thoughtfully
pensively
humourlessly
ruminatively
meditatively
sincerely
contemplatively
sedately
purposefully
resolutely
with a straight face
zealously
with a poker face
with sobriety
fervently
intently
determinedly
with forethought
without smiling
passionately
vigorously
in earnest
flintily
unsmilingly
roughly
ruggedly
forbiddingly
austerely
steelily
unfriendlily
intimidatingly
somberly
US
gruffly
aloofly
stonily
menacingly
fiercely
loweringly
starkly
ungently
overbearingly
frigidly
wickedly
unpleasantly
unfeelingly
harshly
hardly
strictly
rigidly
oppressively
cruelly
rigorously
inexorably
unrelentingly
relentlessly
pitilessly
brutally
inhumanly
uncompromisingly
implacably
toughly
excruciatingly
repressively
grievously
tryingly
searingly
nastily
bitterly
onerously
humorlessly
US
burdensomely
staidly
savagely
murderously
uncomically
astringently
obdurately
weightily
more ❯
Adverb
▲
Adverb for strict or exacting in standards
authoritarianly
harshly
strictly
toughly
uncompromisingly
draconianly
fiercely
firmly
severely
stringently
austerely
dourly
drastically
exactingly
gravely
hardly
rigidly
rigorously
callously
direly
extremely
heavy-handedly
inexorably
oppressively
resolutely
steadfastly
unsympathetically
autocratically
cruelly
demandingly
determinedly
doggedly
formidably
hardheadedly
hardheartedly
hard-heartedly
imperiously
inflexibly
mercilessly
obdurately
obstinately
pitilessly
pressingly
roughly
single-mindedly
unbendingly
uncharitably
unflinchingly
unforgivingly
unrelentingly
unsparingly
unyieldingly
absolutely
ascetically
astringently
bullheadedly
disciplinarily
domineeringly
immovably
intractably
mulishly
relentlessly
solidly
stiffly
tyrannically
“The government decided that
stern
measures had to be taken to quell the uprising.”
Adverb
▲
Adverb for forbidding or grim in appearance
grimly
forbiddingly
seriously
somberly
US
steelily
harshly
humorlessly
US
humourlessly
UK
bitterly
implacably
intimidatingly
moodily
solemnly
sombrely
UK
sourly
sullenly
surlily
angrily
fierily
furiously
glumly
hostilely
inhospitably
joylessly
morosely
starkly
stonily
unfriendlily
ungently
unsmilingly
broodingly
cheerlessly
coldly
crabbily
critically
darkly
meanly
unappeasably
flintily
“Ricky's mother's expression was
stern
after she discovered that he had skipped school again.”
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