Austerely

adv. [f. prec. + -LY².] In an austere manner; with harshness; sternly, strictly, severely; grimly; rigorously, abstinently.

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c. 1375. Wyclif, Serm., Sel. Wks. 1869, I. 256. God shal seie, austernli; of þi mouþ Y juge þee.

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1513. Douglas, Æneis, XII. vi. 121. Rycht austernly has he thrawin the brand.

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1610. Shaks., Temp., IV. i. 1. If I haue too austerely punish’d you.

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1799. S. Turner, Anglo-Sax. (1828), I. 391. Alfred at first received them austerely. His manner was afterwards softened.

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1858. De Quincey, Autobiog. Sk., Wks. I. 134. My mother … recoiled austerely from all direct communication with her servants.

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1865. Daily Tel., 28 Dec., 5/4. The back lanes of Genoa are full of austerely-gorgeous palaces.

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