All 9 Uses of
austere
in
The Fountainhead
- The structures were austere and simple, until one looked at them and realized what work, what complexity of method, what tension of thought had achieved the simplicity.†
Chpt 1.1
- A combination of stateliness and coziness, you understand, a very austere house like this must have a few softening touches.†
Chpt 1.10
- she looked more delicately austere than any among them.
Chpt 2.2 *austere = lacking decoration or practicing self-denial
- Her voice was austerely quiet.†
Chpt 2.2
- Her body, sagging limply from her shoulders, contradicted the inflexible precision of the legs; the cold austerity of her face contradicted the pose of her body.†
Chpt 2.2
- His face was drawn, austere in cruelty, ascetic in passion, the cheeks sunken, the lips pulled down, set tight.†
Chpt 2.2
- She spoke on a single, level tone, as if she were reciting an austere catechism of faith.†
Chpt 2.7
- Instead of being austerely enclosed, this alleged temple is wide open, like a western saloon.†
Chpt 2.12
- Wynand could not understand for a long time why the place gave him an impression of luxury, until he saw that one did not notice the furniture at all: only a clean sweep of space and the luxury of an austerity that had not been simple to achieve.†
Chpt 4.5
Definition:
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(austere) a notable absence of luxury, comfort, or decoration
or:
of a person: stern in manner; or practicing great self-denial