| Engelsk substantiv: sternness | 
| 1. | sternness (om egenskap) the quality (as of scenery) being grim and gloomy and forbidding | 
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 | Eksempler med tilsvarende betydning | The sternness of his surroundings made him uncomfortable. 
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 | Mindre spesifikke uttrykk | asperity, grimness, hardship, rigor, rigorousness, rigour, rigourousness, severeness, severity | 
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| 2. | sternness (om egenskap) uncompromising resolution | 
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 | Ord med samme betydning (synonymer) | strictness | 
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 | Mindre spesifikke uttrykk | restrictiveness, unpermissiveness | 
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 | Mere spesifikke uttrykk | hardness, harshness, inclemency, Puritanism, rigor, rigorousness, rigour, rigourousness, severeness, severity, stiffness | 
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