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• r  with sternness; in a severe manner
  `No,' she said sternly

• Which I did only to be told sternly that lost-baggage reports cannot be taken over the phone, only in person at the airport.
• On that occasion, Chirac sternly reminded Jospin that "the interest of France commands that it speak with a single voice.
• Currently he takes a sternly parental view: "We all know that indiscriminate kissing, dancing in the dark, hanging around in cars, late dates at this early stage can lead to trouble.

• severely

News & Articles

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• Your Office Coach: Seeking 'tattletale' could backfire
  Q. I recently made the mistake of including an inappropriate person on a group email. Someone tattled about this to my boss, who sternly warned me to never do it again. I'm not sure who the tattletale was, but I suspect three people. Two of the suspects are my co-workers, and the third is a manager on my boss's...
  June 16, 2013 - Times Leader
• Secret to Prism program: Even bigger data seizure
  FILE - In this Jan. 31, 2008, file photo President Bush waves after signing a 15-day extension of the Protect America Act after a speech in Las Vegas. Sternly prodding Congress, Bush told lawmakers they were jeopardizing the nation's safety by failing to lock in the government eavesdropping law.
  June 15, 2013 - Washington Examiner
• After Occupy Nashville ruling on First Amendment rights, now what?
  A federal judge’s sternly worded finding that Tennessee officials violated the First Amendment rights of Occupy Nashville protesters arrested near the state Capitol raised new questions even as it answered one big one.
  June 14, 2013 - Ashland City Times

Quotes

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• Shawn Chacon in International Herald Tribune
  I sat down to eat and Ed Wade came to me and very sternly said, 'You need to come with me to the office,'Chacon said. "I said, 'For what?' I said, 'I don't want to go to the office with you and Cooper.' And I said, 'You can tell me...
• Lee Myung-bak in USA Today
  South Korea's military "should be prepared to deal sternly with any forces that threaten our security," Lee said, without naming the country's communist adversary by name.
• Han Seung-soo in AFP
  The government will sternly deal with illegal rallies according to the law and principles,said Prime Minister Han Seung-Soo.