sternness

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The idea of stoic sternness as being the ideal.

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the quality (as of scenery) being grim and gloomy and forbidding; "the sternness of his surroundings made him uncomfortable"

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noun

the quality (as of scenery) being grim and gloomy and forbidding; "the sternness of his surroundings made him uncomfortable"

noun

uncompromising resolution

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for sternness.

noun

the quality (as of scenery) being grim and gloomy and forbidding; "the sternness of his surroundings made him uncomfortable"

noun

uncompromising resolution

Example sentences

The idea of stoic sternness as being the ideal.

You start out with polite reminders, and gradually increase the sternness of the letters.

Being amongst high-functioning geniuses naturally warrants sternness in response to counterthoughts.

Austerity: conditions characterized by severity, sternness, or asceticismOtherwise, you would call every spending cut and or reductions in future growth Austerity.

And sure, Apple has had a number of flaws when it comes to AppStore policies and regulations, but part of Apple's sternness and rigidness is well justified, given the myriad of apps it has to serve, and safety and security of billions of devices that run those apps.

But you won't, because to acknowledge one's own wrongdoings requires a sternness of character that is missing in some quarters of the human race, and no small amount of my own anger is at myself for believing I can change those who are too happy to be comfortable in their positions of power.