She saw at once that he was only a boy, and she spoke to him severely.

In the interests of discipline, I must speak severely.

This unfortunate missing of the morning train even occurred again, and the firm spoke to him severely about it.

She spoke severely, but it was a strange sort of severity, touched with softness, like all her words and movements.

The mayor turned toward the real-estate man and spoke severely.

I shall have to speak severely to your brother.

Bilborough speaks severely to the largest two of the crowd and threatens to arrest them if they break the law again.

However, I pulled myself together and spoke to them severely, ending with an order to advance.

When she had finished he spoke severely, a clear reprimand.

Koku, don't you ever do anything like this again," and Tom spoke severely.