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a notable absence of luxury, comfort, or decoration
or:
of a person: stern in manner; or practicing great self-denial
or:
of a person: stern in manner; or practicing great self-denial
- I looked back at the platform when we had left it far behind, and saw the tall, austere figure of Holmes standing motionless and gazing after us.Chapter 6 — Baskerville Hall (18% in)
austere = stern
There are no more uses of "austere" in The Hound of the Baskervilles.
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