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Sternness

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

  1. The state or quality of being stern.
    uncountable
  2. The result or product of being stern.
    countable

Equivalents

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Examples

“There was the sternness of an old-fashioned Tour patron in his rebuke to the young Frenchman Pierre Rolland, the only one to ride⟳ away from the peloton and seize the opportunity for a lone attack before being absorbed back into the bunch, where he was received with coolness.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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See also

Sterno sterno- sternochondroscapularis sternocleidomastoid sternocleidomastoid muscle sternocostal triangle

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