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over the top of her pince-nez. 4 stringently, punitively,
harshly, onerously, grievously, painfully: One is punished
severely for the slightest infraction of the law. 5
dangerously, acutely, critically, dreadfully, awfully; mortally,
fatally, terminally: I am afraid to say that your mother is
severely ill. 6 starkly, plainly, barely, modestly, austerely,
ascetically, monastically, primitively, simply, crudely,
sparsely, sparely: The room is furnished a bit severely for my
taste.
severity n. 1 strictness, harshness, rigour, rigorousness, austerity,
hardness, flintiness, inexorability, inexorableness, stringency,
oppression, oppressiveness, rigidity, inflexibility,
relentlessness, obduracy, obdurateness, pitilessness,
mercilessness, cold-bloodedness, abusiveness, cruelty,
brutality, meanness, savagery, inhumanity, beastliness,
ruthlessness, despotism, tyranny, fastidiousness, exigency: The
severity of the discipline was almost unbearable. 2 coldness,
aloofness, sternness, gravity, grimness, frigidity, austerity,
solemnity: The severity of his look froze me to the spot. 3
dangerousness, acuteness, seriousness, gravity, ferocity,
fierceness, virulence, violence, intensity: The severity of the
fits has diminished since we put the patient on new medication.
4 stringency, punitiveness, punishment, harshness, onerousness,
grievousness, painfulness, burdensomeness, oppressiveness: The
severity of the sentence is not inappropriate to the heinousness
of the crime. 5 harshness, inclemency, violence, storminess,
intensity, ferocity, fierceness, fury, furiousness,
tempestuousness: The severity of the weather has interfered
with our maintenance of the electrical power lines. 6 plainness,
starkness, austerity, asceticism, bareness, modesty, simplicity,
primitiveness, spareness, sparseness, monasticism, crudeness:
The severity of the cells at the monastery was equalled by the
austerity of the regimen.
sew v. sew up, stitch, darn, mend, repair; sew on, attach, fasten;
tack, baste, hem: Would you sew up a hole in my sweater for me
and, while you're at it, would you mind sewing a button on my
shirt?
sex n. 1 gender: It is difficult to determine the sex of some of
the lower animals. 2 sexual intercourse or relations, coitus,
coition, mating, copulation, (sexual) congress or union,