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Austerely

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aus·tere  (ô-stîr)
adj. aus·ter·er, aus·ter·est
1. Severe or stern in disposition or appearance; somber and grave: the austere figure of a Puritan minister.
2. Strict or severe in discipline; ascetic: a desert nomad's austere life.
3. Having no adornment or ornamentation; bare: an austere style. See Synonyms at severe.
[Middle English, from Old French, from Latin austrus, from Greek austros.]
aus·terely adv.
aus·tereness n.
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Adv.1.austerely - in an austere fashion; "the church was austerely simple"
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"Sir," said the Most Respectable Citizen, austerely, "were you not once in the State Senate?
Fantastic-Fables by Bierce, Ambrose View in context
At the heart of it his mother presided, inflexible of face, indomitable of will, firmly holding all the secrets of her own and his father's life, and austerely opposing herself, front to front, to the great final secret of all life.
Little Dorrit by Dickens, Charles View in context
"I told you he was a charmer," said Colin austerely.
The Secret Garden by Burnett, Frances Hodgson View in context
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