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Definition of Sternness
1. Noun. The quality (as of scenery) being grim and gloomy and forbidding. "The sternness of his surroundings made him uncomfortable"
Derivative terms: Stern
2. Noun. Uncompromising resolution.
Generic synonyms: Restrictiveness, Unpermissiveness
Specialized synonyms: Puritanism, Hardness, Harshness, Inclemency, Rigor, Rigorousness, Rigour, Rigourousness, Severeness, Severity, Stiffness
Derivative terms: Stern, Stern, Strict, Strict
Definition of Sternness
1. n. The quality or state of being stern.
Definition of Sternness
1. Noun. The state or quality of being stern. ¹
2. Noun. The result or product of being stern. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Sternness
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Sternness
Literary usage of Sternness
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Biographia juridica. A biographical dictionary of the judges of England from by Edward Foss (1870)
"... and who still retained the confidence of his party. nous address from St.
John, which is also remarkable for vindictive sternness towards the judges. ..."
2. Ireland Past and Present by Augustus J. Thébaud, John Habberton (1878)
"... gloriously than ever as soon as its fury had abated. in Ireland the sternness
of the persecuting power stood ..."
3. History of England: From the Peace of Utrecht to the Peace of Versailles by Philip Henry Stanhope [Stanhope (1854)
"... 1780: sternness OF WASHINGTON. André to be the same as that of a common spy.
And waiving for the present the disputed point as to the flag of truce, ..."
4. The British Quarterly Review by Robert Vaughan, Henry Allon (1869)
"... in his marvellous tale, ' The Nevsky Prospect,' bring us face to face with
the corruptions of city life, and by the very sternness with which he paints ..."
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