austere
adjective
severe in manner or appearance; uncompromising; strict; forbidding.
austereness
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a word derived from
austere.
Example Sentences
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My unsoil'd name, th' austereness of my life, My vouch against you, and my place i' the state, Will so your accusation overweigh That you shall stifle in your own report, And smell of calumny.
From Measure for Measure by William Shakespeare
Suddenly, a kindly smile broke through the austereness of the prelate's countenance, and he thrust out his hand; the old soldier met it.
From The Puppet Crown by Harold MacGrath
And over the libertines they had the advantage both of general austereness of life and of a certain readiness to suffer for their convictions.
From The Anglo-French Entente in the Seventeenth Century by Charles Bastide
The ancient cloisters on their lofty walls Had holy Truth in painted frescoes shown, And, seeing these, the pious in those halls Felt their cold, lone austereness less alone.
From The Poems and Prose Poems of Charles Baudelaire with an Introductory Preface by James Huneker by Charles Baudelaire
Two caddy-spoonfuls were then placed in the pot, which was duly filled, and Sister Philippa said with grave austereness: “My dears, will you take your places?”
From A Double Knot by George Manville Fenn
