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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

STERNNESS

n. 1. Severity of look; a look of austerity, rigor or severe authority; as the sternness of ones presence.
2. Severity or harshness of manner; rigor.
I have sternness in my soul enough to hear of soldiers work.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

STERNNESS

STERNNESS Stern "ness, n.

 

Defn: The quality or state of being stern.