sternness

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Definition of sternness

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noun

(uncountable)The state or quality of being stern.

“There was the sternness of an old-fashioned Tour patron in his rebuke to the young Frenchman Pierre Rolland, the only one to ride away from the peloton and seize the opportunity for a lone attack before being absorbed back into the bunch, where he was received with coolness.”

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noun

(uncountable)The state or quality of being stern.

“There was the sternness of an old-fashioned Tour patron in his rebuke to the young Frenchman Pierre Rolland, the only one to ride away from the peloton and seize the opportunity for a lone attack before being absorbed back into the bunch, where he was received with coolness.”
(countable)The result or product of being stern.

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From stern + -ness.

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