Meanings (ES + gloss)
severo
Grim or severe in manner or appearance.
The headmistress was an austere old woman.
austero
Lacking decoration; trivial; not extravagant or gaudy.
So we come, at above street level, into the city, and to Canterbury East Station (9.8 miles). It is an austere, rather barn-like structure, with a high roof over the two platforms.
The interior of the church was as austere as the parishioners were dour.
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