What is Austere?
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1) Suggesting physical hardship: imposing or suggesting physical hardship.
2) Unsmiling: grimly unsmiling, humorless, or suggesting strict self-denial.
3) Plain and without luxury: plain and simple, without luxury or self-indulgence.
4) Plain in style or design: severely plain in design or lines, without distractions or decoration.
The monks lived an austere life in the monastary.
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an article of clothing that's nice enough to warrant being tucked-in
That Polo shirt is really tuckworthy.
See Hawthorne..