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7 letters · 10 points in Scrabble
Meaning
adverb with sternness; in a severe manner
originFrom Middle English sternly, sternely, sterneliche, sturnely, sturneliche, from Old English stirnlīċe, styrnlīċe, stiernlīċe (“harshly; severely; sternly”), equivalent to stern + -ly.
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