All 5 Uses of
austere
in
The Three Musketeers
- He hoped, by means of loyal excuses, to make a friend of Athos, whose lordly air and austere bearing pleased him much.†
Chpt 5.austere = a notable absence of luxury, comfort, or decoration; or stern in manner
- Milady's supper was brought in, and she was found deeply engaged in saying her prayers aloud—prayers which she had learned of an old servant of her second husband, a most austere Puritan.†
Chpt 53.
- Nevertheless, his brow was armed with a severity more austere than ever.
Chpt 55. *austere = stern (strict and unforgiving)
- But this time she had to contend with an unpolished nature, concentrated and insensible by force of austerity.†
Chpt 56.austerity = a government policy in which significantly less money is spent than normal; or any notable absence of luxury, comfort, or decoration
- "Good!" murmured Milady; "the austere Puritan lies."†
Chpt 56.austere = a notable absence of luxury, comfort, or decoration; or stern in manner
Definition:
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