All 4 Uses
austere
in
Rebecca, by Daphne du Maurier
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- ...the silence made it harder, more austere.
Chpt 4 *austere = uncomfortable
- I had dreaded the formality of dinner in that austere dining-room, and now, because of the little fact that we had not changed, it was quite all right, quite easy, just the same as when we had dined together in restaurants.†
Chpt 7austere = a notable absence of luxury, comfort, or decoration; or stern in manner
- The old austerity had gone.†
Chpt 16austerity = a government policy in which significantly less money is spent than normal; or any notable absence of luxury, comfort, or decoration
- The hall was as it had always been, grey and silent and austere, with the portraits and the weapons on the wall.†
Chpt 19austere = a notable absence of luxury, comfort, or decoration; or stern in manner
Definitions:
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(1)
(austere) a notable absence of luxury, comfort, or decoration
or:
of a person: stern in manner; or practicing great self-denial - (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)