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stern:
- rigid; stern; star; stubborn; obstinate; inflexible; immovable; straight-backed; unbending; recalcitrant; against the grain; strict; severe; stiff; fixed; petrified; set; fossilized; fossilised; huffy; grumpy; touchy; cross-grained; thin-skinned; grim; sullen; gruff; surly; tenacious; persevering; heady; pig-headed; tacky; viscous; persistent; rebellious; tedious; boring; refractory; unrelenting; unyielding; mindless; stupefied; dull; leathery; headstrong; tough; exacting; austere; relentless; inexorable; unappeasable; unforgiving; stark
- tail; stern; quarter; poop; after part
English
Detailed Synonyms for sternly in English
sternly:
sternly adv
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sternly
– with sternness; in a severe manner 1
Alternate Synonyms for "sternly":
Related Definitions for "sternly":
stern:
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stern
rigid; stern; star; stubborn; obstinate; inflexible; immovable; straight-backed; unbending; recalcitrant; against the grain-
rigid adj
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stern adj
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star adj
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stubborn adj
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obstinate adj
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inflexible adj
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immovable adj
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straight-backed adj
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unbending adj
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recalcitrant adj
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stern
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stern
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stern
huffy; grumpy; touchy; cross-grained; thin-skinned; grim; stern; sullen; gruff; surly-
huffy adj
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grumpy adj
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touchy adj
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cross-grained adj
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thin-skinned adj
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grim adj
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stern adj
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sullen adj
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gruff adj
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surly adj
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stern
tenacious; obstinate; cross-grained; persevering; stubborn; recalcitrant; heady; pig-headed; tacky; viscous; persistent; rebellious; tedious; boring; grumpy; refractory; sullen; unrelenting; unyielding; mindless; stupefied; dull; stern; surly; leathery; headstrong; tough-
tenacious adj
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obstinate adj
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cross-grained adj
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persevering adj
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stubborn adj
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recalcitrant adj
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heady adj
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pig-headed adj
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tacky adj
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viscous adj
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persistent adj
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rebellious adj
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tedious adj
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boring adj
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grumpy adj
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refractory adj
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sullen adj
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unrelenting adj
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unyielding adj
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mindless adj
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stupefied adj
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dull adj
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stern adj
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surly adj
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leathery adj
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headstrong adj
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tough adj
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stern
– severe and unremitting in making demands 1 -
stern
– of a stern or strict bearing or demeanor; forbidding in aspect 1 -
stern
– not to be placated or appeased or moved by entreaty 1relentless; stern; grim; inexorable; unrelenting; unappeasable; unforgiving– not to be placated or appeased or moved by entreaty 1-
relentless adj
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stern adj
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grim adj
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inexorable adj
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unrelenting adj
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unappeasable adj
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unforgiving adj
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stern
– severely simple 1
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the stern
– the rear part of a ship 1