sternly

副词 adv.
中文释义
英 /ˈstɜːnli/    美 /ˈstɝnli/

英文释义

副词 adv.
  1. In a stern manner.
    — It was a historic night at Wembley Stadium that saw the European champions sternly tested by Copa America winners Brazil, but ended with the familiar sight of captain Leah Williamson lifting a trophy.

词形变化

more sternly comparative sternlier comparative,poetic,rare most sternly superlative sternliest poetic,rare,superlative

词源

From Middle English sternly, sternely, sterneliche, sturnely, sturneliche, from Old English stirnlīċe, styrnlīċe, stiernlīċe (“harshly; severely; sternly”), equivalent to stern + -ly.
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