severe
adjective
harsh; unnecessarily extreme.
severeness
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a word derived from
severe.
Example Sentences
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“It’s important that with the rising case numbers, we see that the severeness of this illness is already being shown to be around 75 percent less than what we saw with delta,” Morrison said.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 2, 2022
“Obviously there’s a tremendous amount of disappointment because everyone here wants to compete but people recognize the severeness of the pandemic.”
From New York Times ● Jul. 8, 2020
His close, dry way, too, of saying things savours of harshness, and differs widely from the Greek severeness of manner observable in Tacitus.
From Tacitus and Bracciolini The Annals Forged in the XVth Century by John Wilson Ross
His clothing was very plain, even to severeness.
From Quiet Talks on Service by S. D. (Samuel Dickey) Gordon
Here Laura's face assumed that gravity and severeness, which it always wore when Lady Clara's name was mentioned, and the conversation took another turn.
From The Newcomes Memoirs of a Most Respectable Family by William Makepeace Thackeray
