sternly
In unyielding manner
Sternly describes doing something in a strict, severe, or unsmiling manner.
A teacher speaks sternly to misbehaving students.
A judge sternly warns a defendant.
The word suggests firm disapproval delivered with a serious expression: She looked at him sternly and said nothing.
In serious manner
- soberlyIn a serious manner
- severelyIn a harsh manner
- harshlyIn severe manner
- coldlyWithout emotional warmth
grimly · austerely · stiffly · unsmilingly · dourly · forbiddingly · fiercely · menacingly
With steadfast resolve
- strictlyWithout any flexibility
- authoritativelyWith confident expertise
- commandinglyWith authoritative presence
- imperiouslyIn overbearing manner
dictatorially · domineeringly · demandingly · exactingly · uncompromisingly · inflexibly · rigidly · unbendingly
In a scolding manner
- chidinglyIn a scolding manner
- warninglyIn a cautioning manner
- censoriouslyIn a fault-finding manner
- criticallyWith serious judgment
judgmentally · punitively · sharply · curtly · brusquely · bluntly · tersely
With fixed purpose
- steadfastlyWith unyielding commitment
- unwaveringlyWithout changing or faltering
- persistentlyIn an unrelenting manner
- tenaciouslyWith stubborn persistence
doggedly · stubbornly · obstinately · intransigently · unflinchingly · unhesitatingly · purposefully · single-mindedly
gravely
In serious manner
coldly · grimly · austerely · stiffly · unsmilingly · dourly · forbiddingly · fiercely · menacingly · threateningly
firmly
With steadfast resolve
- strictlyWithout any flexibility
- authoritativelyWith confident expertise
- commandinglyWith authoritative presence
imperiously · dictatorially · domineeringly · demandingly · exactingly · uncompromisingly · inflexibly · rigidly · unbendingly · stringently
reproachfully
In a scolding manner
- chidinglyIn a scolding manner
- warninglyIn a cautioning manner
- censoriouslyIn a fault-finding manner
critically · judgmentally · punitively · sharply · curtly · brusquely · bluntly · tersely
determinedly
With fixed purpose
- steadfastlyWith unyielding commitment
- unwaveringlyWithout changing or faltering
- persistentlyIn an unrelenting manner
tenaciously · doggedly · stubbornly · obstinately · intransigently · unflinchingly · unhesitatingly · purposefully · single-mindedly · earnestly
- serious expressionsno joke, dead serious, I mean it, seriously, in earnest
sternlywarmly
With affection shown
lovingly · affectionately · tenderly · compassionately · kindly
- stern lookHarsh disapproving expression
- stern warningForceful cautionary statement
- from stem to sternCompletely, end to end
- made of sterner stuffExceptionally resilient in character
- Howard Stern
- stern fatherStrict male parent