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| stern [ sturn ] (comparative stern·er, superlative stern·est) |
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1. strict: rigid, strict, and uncompromising
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2. forbidding: grim, austere, or forbidding in appearance
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| [ Old English styrne< Indo-European, "stiff"] |
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  stern·ly adverb |
| stern·ness noun |
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