Adjective : an austere teacher. ,the austere quality of life in the convent. ,an austere manner. ,an austere life. ,austere writing. ,an austere bed of straw.    From Dictionary.com. 

He said austerely, "Good morning, Comrade Paleron.".    From Wordnik.com.  [Destination Brain]

"You didn't ask me," said Bluebell, less austerely.    From Wordnik.com.  [Bluebell A Novel] Reference

‘Then the true answer is no,’ he commented austerely.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Count's Blackmail Bargain]

"Only that it's probably your duty," said James austerely.    From Wordnik.com.  [Punch or the London Charivari, Vol. 147, October 7, 1914] Reference

But his pale brow still austerely wore its native mastery.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 17, No. 475, February 5, 1831] Reference

“Prophets are un-Roman,” said Metellus Pius austerely.    From Wordnik.com.  [Fortune's Favorites]

"Get up, lazyheads!" austerely flung down from the porthole.    From Wordnik.com.  [All Aboard A Story for Girls] Reference

“He ought to marry a Roman woman,” said Caesar austerely.    From Wordnik.com.  [Fortune's Favorites]

Fleur, by its austerely logical habit of going the whole hog.    From Wordnik.com.  [Swan Song] Reference

‘Not when I saw you in the boathouse,’ said Laura austerely.    From Wordnik.com.  [My Bones Will Keep]

“Good morning,” said the Royal Alchymist, nodding austerely.    From Wordnik.com.  [Conqueror's Moon]

‘I have been wide awake all the time,’ said Cockie austerely.    From Wordnik.com.  [Tour de Force]

When she ventured to give him a swift side-glance, his mouth set austerely.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Rim of the Desert] Reference

"John," -- austerely, -- "what is the exact amount of Mr. Luttrell's income?".    From Wordnik.com.  [Molly Bawn] Reference

The female who greeted him was austerely clad in the favored style of her Tier.    From Wordnik.com.  [Sliding Scales]

Clara wanted to know rather austerely what she intended to do about the dinner.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Coast of Chance] Reference

'I don't profess to being a hairy-chested man of action,' said Larry austerely.    From Wordnik.com.  [My Family and Other Animals]

The three are all austerely dressed, well-spoken women, who clearly feel ill-used.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Mighty Fall] Reference

"Blue," said the nurse austerely, "you know your mother doesn't like baby talk, Teddy.".    From Wordnik.com.  [The Tin Soldier] Reference

"You must go to bed," she said, austerely; "you will catch your death of cold out here.".    From Wordnik.com.  [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 17, No. 101, March, 1866] Reference

Yes, it's austerely precise: every major dimension is an exact multiple of a 26-foot cube.    From Wordnik.com.  [Chicago's New Hope] Reference

'You are a very great stranger,' she said austerely, as her pupil held and pressed her hand.    From Wordnik.com.  [Shirley, by Charlotte Bronte] Reference

'Walk through,' she said austerely, 'and pretty quickly, and set foot on this pavement no more.'.    From Wordnik.com.  [Shirley, by Charlotte Bronte] Reference

"I have heard of such a person," answers Miss King, peering austerely over her spectacles at Hyacinthe.    From Wordnik.com.  [Lippincott's Magazine, Vol. 22, August, 1878] Reference

"It is three times his fare," Arnold said, austerely, "and he deserved nothing -- but a fine, perhaps.".    From Wordnik.com.  [Hilda A Story of Calcutta] Reference

‘Unfortunately we have our share of villains,’ he said austerely, opening the passenger door for her.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Rich Man's Royal Mistress]

'It's all your fault, Mother,' said Larry austerely; 'you shouldn't have brought us up to be so selfish.'.    From Wordnik.com.  [My Family and Other Animals]

And you austerely single-minded amateurs, you experts that surely shall be, I revere if I may not follow you.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Collectors] Reference

She treated herself austerely, and found her power of concentration increasing, and her hold on herself greater.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Daughters of Danaus] Reference

They seem to take a very low view, "added momma austerely," of friendship between a young man and a young woman in.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Voyage of Consolation (being in the nature of a sequel to the experiences of 'An American girl in London')] Reference

He accomplishes this in twenty short, austerely produced segments which average about seven or eight minutes each.    From Wordnik.com.  [Charles Shaw: The Perfect Crash Course in The Economy] Reference

He laid his hand for a moment on the young man's hand, in the most delicate touch possible, austerely short of a caress.    From Wordnik.com.  [An Excellent Mystery]

She looking somewhat more austerely then any of the rest not in any spleen, but as it was her usuall manner, thus began.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Decameron] Reference

A very prim, neat, middle-aged maid-servant now appeared at the threshold, and austerely inquired the visitor's business.    From Wordnik.com.  [The International Monthly, Volume 3, No. 1, April, 1851] Reference

The abbot was austerely kind, putting behind them past errors atoned for, and explaining to him what was now asked of him.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Devil's Novice]

Her hair had a strong inclination to curl, but that had been taken out of it as austerely as the noise out of her footfalls.    From Wordnik.com.  [Balcony Stories] Reference

He had turned his face slightly to the left so that she could see it in profile — proud, aristocratic, austerely handsome.    From Wordnik.com.  [Slightly Dangerous]

With the remembrance of the similar interview of only a few hours before still rankling in my mind, I looked at her a little austerely.    From Wordnik.com.  [Our Elizabeth A Humour Novel] Reference