All 4 Uses of
austere
in
Billy Budd
- The superior capacity he immediately evinced, his constitutional sobriety, ingratiating deference to superiors, together with a peculiar ferreting genius manifested on a singular occasion; all this capped by a certain austere patriotism abruptly advanced him to the position of Master-at-arms.†
Chpt 8
- Civilization, especially if of the austerer sort, is auspicious to it.†
Chpt 11
- The austere devotee of military duty,
Chpt 22 *austere = having stern demeanor; or practicing great self-denial
- The spirit that spite its philosophic austerity may yet have indulged in the most secret of all passions, ambition, never attained to the fulness of fame.†
Chpt 28
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