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Definition of Sternest
1. stern [adj] - See also: stern
Lexicographical Neighbors of Sternest
Literary usage of Sternest
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Ruskin: A Study in Personality by Arthur Christopher Benson (1911)
"... through endless labour, widest sympathy, and sternest purpose, gave him the
4 power to tell his secret so that all can understand. ..."
2. The Poetical Works of Robert Burns by Robert Burns (1866)
"... That charm that can the strongest quell, The sternest move. WRITTEN ON THE
BLANK LEAF OF THE LAST EDITION OF HIS POEMS, PRESENTED TO THE LADY WHOM HE ..."
3. Appletons' Annual Cyclopædia and Register of Important Events of the Year (1897)
"Gross corruption " We guarantee any expense that mav reasonably be incurred by
you in helping us, and ask you to believe that nothing but the sternest ..."
4. Bishop Percy's Folio Manuscript: Ballads and Romances by Thomas Percy, Frederick James Furnivall, John Wesley Hales (1868)
"... from the depths of their soul, in words of sternest indignation, the oppressions
and abuses from which the English poor of their days suffered. ..."
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