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S — Serenity to Severity (Part 12 of 13)

Severally, ad. Separately, distinctly.

Severance, n. Separation, partition.

Severe, a.

    1. Rigid, stern, strict, sharp, harsh, bitter, austere, rigorous, stiff, strait-laced, hard, unrelenting, relentless, inexorable, peremptory, censorious, cruel, bitter, morose.
    2. Strict, exact, accurate, methodical.
    3. Simple, plain, unadorned, chaste.
    4. Caustic, satirical, sarcastic, keen, cutting, stinging, biting, sharp, harsh, bitter, cruel, trenchant.
    5. Distressing, afflictive, acute, violent, extreme, intense, sharp.
    6. Serious, earnest, sedate, grave, austere, sober.
    7. Exact, critical, rigorous, hard.

Severely, ad.

    1. Harshly, sharply, sternly, rigidly.
    2. Strictly, rigorously.
    3. Painfully, fiercely, extremely, distressingly, afflictively

Severity, n.

    1. Sternness, harshness, rigor, austerity, gravity, strictness.
    2. Strictness, exactness, accuracy.
    3. Simplicity, plainness.
    4. Sharpness, keenness, causticity, acrimony.
    5. Extremity, afflictiveness, violence, keenness.