Crossword clues for severer
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Severe \Se*vere"\, a. [Compar. Severer; superl. Severest.] [L. severus; perhaps akin to Gr. ??? awe, ??? revered, holy, solemn, Goth. swikns innocent, chaste: cf. F. s['e]v[`e]re. Cf. Asseverate, Persevere.]
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Serious in feeling or manner; sedate; grave; austere; not light, lively, or cheerful.
Your looks alter, as your subject does, From kind to fierce, from wanton to severe.
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Very strict in judgment, discipline, or government; harsh; not mild or indulgent; rigorous; as, severe criticism; severe punishment. ``Custody severe.''
--Milton.Come! you are too severe a moraler.
--Shak.Let your zeal, if it must be expressed in anger, be always more severe against thyself than against others.
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Rigidly methodical, or adherent to rule or principle; exactly conformed to a standard; not allowing or employing unneccessary ornament, amplification, etc.; strict; -- said of style, argument, etc. ``Restrained by reason and severe principles.''
--Jer. Taylor.The Latin, a most severe and compendious language.
--Dryden. Sharp; afflictive; distressing; violent; extreme; as, severe pain, anguish, fortune; severe cold.
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Difficult to be endured; exact; critical; rigorous; as, a severe test.
Syn: Strict; grave; austere; stern; morose; rigid; exact; rigorous; hard; rough; harsh; censorious; tart; acrimonious; sarcastic; satirical; cutting; biting; keen; bitter; cruel. See Strict. [1913 Webster] -- Se*vere"ly, adv. -- Se*vere"ness, n.
Wiktionary
a. (en-comparative of: severe)
Usage examples of "severer".
The virtue of Marcus Aurelius Antoninus was of severer and more laborious kind.
For in the larger country there will have existed more individuals, and more diversified forms, and the competition will have been severer, and thus the standard of perfection will have been rendered higher.