sternness

It was a hint of the sternness of the ideas that became his hallmark, if not his personality, which his friends described as gentle.

In contrast to Usyk's sternness, a playful Fury sang and danced to Bonnie Tyler's 'Holding Out For A Hero'.

Pope John Paul II, who was beloved both for his kindness and his sternness, confronted an American church shaped by decades of progressive change.

The pope, whose grandfatherly appearance belied an electric charisma, and who was beloved both for his kindness and his sternness, confronted an American church shaped by three decades of progressive change.

But it also had an edge of sincere sternness.