sternly Synonyms

severely seriously strictly stiffly starkly sorely sombrely somberly solemnly soberly sharply savagely roughly rigidly with a rod of iron bleakly unsmilingly uncharitably stringently rigorously thoughtfully humorlessly gruffly forbiddingly exactingly dourly disconsolately dangerously meticulously resolutely passionately inclemently curtly crustily cruelly critically costively chidingly brutally blackly badly austerely astringently acutely accusatively disapprovingly dryly implacably icily harshly