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                                	sterned |
                                	sterner |
                                	sternforemost |
                                	sterninae |
                                	sternite |
                                sternly
                                	| sternmost 
                                	| sternness 
                                	| sterno- 
                                	| sternocleido mastoideus 
                                	| sternocleidomastoid 
                            
        sternly
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Adverbial sternly has 1 sense
- sternly(r = adv.all) severely - with sternness; in a severe manner; "`No,' she said sternly"; "peered severely over her glasses"
 
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