sternness

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sternness

noun sternnesses

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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noun state or quality of being stern

Deutsch	Strenge, Härte, Ernst, Strengheit, Gestrengigkeit

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@misc{sternness_2026,
  title = {sternness},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/sternness},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}