austereadjective
uk/ɔːˈstɪər/us/ɑːˈstɪr/very simple and without comfort or unnecessary things, especially because of severe limits on money or goods:
an austere childhood during the war
plain and without decoration:
The courtroom was a large, dark chamber, an austere place.
very severe and unfriendly in manner:
He was a tall, austere, forbidding figure.
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Plain and ordinary
- as it comes idiom
- austerity
- be a dime a dozen idiom
- be two/ten a penny idiom
- boilerplate
- dime
- homespun
- homey
- humble
- humdrum
- kitchen-sink
- middle-of-the-road
- penny
- shout
- simple
- something/nothing to shout about idiom
- spartan
- stale
- stark
- starkly
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Severe
Not being friendly
austerely
adverb uk/ɔːˈstɪə.li/us/ɑːˈstɪr.li/
Her dress was simple and austerely elegant.