† unsternlyadv.
Obsolete.
Severely, sternly; grimly.
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society > authority > strictness > [adverb] > severely or sternly
sternlyc897
stitha1000
sterna1175
foulc1275
stithlya1300
steevely1340
austerely?a1400
smartlya1400
unsternlya1400
sore1484
shrewdly1490
dourlya1500
severely1548
roundly1567
severe1599
fiercely1611
piquantly1691
the world > action or operation > behaviour > bad behaviour > harshness or severity > [adverb]
sternlyc897
sharplyc900
stitha1000
hardlyOE
starklyOE
sterna1175
stithlya1300
hardilyc1300
ruggedlya1382
austerely?a1400
smartlya1400
unsternlya1400
acerbly?a1425
brussly1481
sore1484
shrewdly1490
dourlya1500
severely1548
roundly1567
severe1599
strictly1602
fiercely1611
Draconically1641
rugged1661
a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Gött.) l. 16031 Þai stert þaim forth vnsternli [Vesp. vnsterli], wid a ful baldli chere.
a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 7450 O bodi gret, o granis lang, Vnsternli [Gött. vnsterly] semed he be strang.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1926; most recently modified version published online December 2020).
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