Associations to the word «Sternness»
Noun
Wiktionary
STERNNESS, noun. (uncountable) The state or quality of being stern.
STERNNESS, noun. (countable) The result or product of being stern.
Dictionary definition
STERNNESS, noun. The quality (as of scenery) being grim and gloomy and forbidding; "the sternness of his surroundings made him uncomfortable".
STERNNESS, noun. Uncompromising resolution.
Wise words
The chief virtue that language can have is clearness, and
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words.