Severest

Word SEVEREST
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Definitions and meanings of "Severest"

What do we mean by severest?

Very bad or intense.

Strict or harsh.

Sober, plain in appearance, austere.

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The word "severest" in example sentences

Ken Kubo last month said this fiscal year will be the company's "severest," adding a loss of "several tens of billions of yen" is likely unavoidable. ❋ Unknown (2010)

London faces the threat of a Mumbai-style terror attack early next year, with terrorists poised to strike the city using handguns, bombs and hostage-taking techniques, Scotland Yard has said in its "severest" warning. ❋ Unknown (2009)

“Subordination, and strict discipline,” said one, “cannot from the general depravity of the soldiery be properly supported, without having recourse to the severest punishments.” ❋ David A. Clary (2011)

They started at the time when the cold was the severest at the beginning of the Winter. ❋ Annie Proulx (2011)

TOKYO—Japan made a slight upward revision of its first-quarter economic performance Thursday, but the latest figures still show the severest contraction in two years, highlighting the huge impact on the economy of the March 11 earthquake and tsunami. ❋ Takashi Nakamichi (2011)

She remembered the sittings for "The Eve of St. Agnes" 1863—composed in the bleak December small hours in an unheated room—as "the severest task she ever undertook." ❋ D.J. Taylor (2011)

The general issued a series of general orders first prohibiting soldiers and sutlers from selling liquor to the Indians, then promising the “severest punishment,” and finally raising the threat to “900 lashes, without a court martial.” ❋ David A. Clary (2011)

This, of necessity, was the severest of all, for he had been compelled to load his comrade in aft of the balance. ❋ Unknown (2010)

The wind balked my every effort, ripping the canvas out of my hands and in an instant undoing what I had gained by ten minutes of severest struggle. ❋ Unknown (2010)

These cuts have had severe repercussions on the U.S economy as well as the rest of the world, with European countries taking some of the severest hits. ❋ Matthew Maron (2012)

The result is chilling: As one Pakistani writer put it this week, "Murder is the severest form of censorship." ❋ Unknown (2011)

Instead of a "level one visit," which typically involves very basic procedures, the hospital said it was a "level five," which is the top of the range, and typically involves the severest injuries. ❋ Jessica Silver-Greenberg (2011)

These springs never froze, and the only effect of the severest cold snaps was to lessen their discharge. ❋ Unknown (2010)

The severest toil was child's play compared with this. ❋ Unknown (2010)

This was the severest of paywalls, and the initial circulation was just 1,000, soaring to 3,000 by the mid-1820s. ❋ Unknown (2011)

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