单词	sternly
释义	sternly /ˈstəːnli / adverb 1In a serious and severe manner, especially when asserting authority or exercising discipline: he sternly warned me to not do anything stupid the government will deal sternly with illegal strikes... You are better off dealing sternly with problem employees than continuing to bear the pain. Michael said sternly, "I'll give them five more minutes." The butler sternly points her to the back door. 1.1In a way that is difficult and puts extreme pressure on someone or something: a fight had ensued, which sternly tested my peace-making skills being sternly challenged came with the territory as defending champions... The subject matter seems unlikely to appeal to the party's sternly conservative grass roots. His method yields a collection more sternly systematic than Smith's. His symphony is patchy in both structure and content but its sentiments are held sternly in check.
随便看	post-mortemizing post-mortuary postmultiplication postmultiply post-mundane postnarial postnasal postnatal postnatal depression postnatally manifestable Manifestarian manifestation manifestative manifest destiny manifest function manifestly manifesto manifold manifolder manifolding manifoldly manifoldness manifold paper manifold pressure

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