0 in a way that is very simple or plain, without decoration or unnecessary details:
The river is an austerely beautiful 40-mile stretch of water.
This is an austerely plotted but moving collection of stories.
Dressed austerely - long black skirt, pulled-back hair, no earrings or makeup - she paces the narrow stage with nervous energy.
They sat in an austerely furnished room under a bare lightbulb.
She smiled a little, austerely.
