Meaning of oversevere | Babel Free

Definitions

Excessively severe.

rare

Examples

“Companies, by often imposing oversevere tasks on their men, oblige them to use⟳ every subterfuge in order⟳ to meet⟳ the imjust exigencies of their employers.”

“From her girlish days, Lady Jane was permitted, by her fond, yet oversevere parents, to mix⟳ with a few of the intimate friends of the family.”

“"I cannot help⟳ hoping that you are oversevere," said Miss⟳ Corbet.”

“If the Senate amendments prevail the alien would find⟳ himself caught between two fires. He must register⟳ if he is an alien; he must pass⟳ an oversevere educational test⟳ if he wishes to become⟳ a citizen.”

“This is not an unjust or oversevere commentary; let⟳ any reasonable reader inspect⟳ the publications of the vers-libre poets, the exhibitions of cubist sculpture and futurist painting, the productions of the disciples of the new art of the theater and decide⟳ that point⟳ for himself.”

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