An austere tone is characterized by being serious, strict, and unadorned. It usually conveys a sense of severity and lack of comfort or indulgence in the writing or speech.
"Austere" is an adjective.
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An 'austere clown' is an example of an oxymoron.
He arose from austere beginnings.
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The noun form for the adjective austere is austereness. Another noun form is austerity.
German culture is austere in some ways, aloof in others.
The Austere Academy was created on 2000-08-31.
The tone of the Gettysburg Address was (and is), in a word, warmly austere. President Lincoln combined simple and complex sentences, utilized familiar yet inspiring terms, and applied ageless truths to the most pressing problem of his time -- with a calm and dignified, yet also personal and inspirational tone. In a word, he achieved a warm austerity in the tone of this speech.