adjective
Nicholas Nickleby was subjected to extremely severe treatment at Dotheboys Hall. Mr Bradshaw was a severe taskmaster
If he so much as dropped a spoon the master would give Nicholas a severe look
She has had a severe attack of the flu
There are severe penalties for breaking the parking laws in this city
Granny couldn't live through another severe winter at Fort William
The severe d‚cor in the servants' quarters gave the appearance of a prison
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