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given to exacting standards of discipline and self-restraint<my dad claims that when he was in school the teachers were much sterner and you couldnʼt get away with anything>— see severe 1
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harsh and threatening in manner or appearance<a stern receptionist who took our names without even looking up>— see grim 1
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