Home › Words › S › sternitysternitysternity means the quality of being stern.Among words judged in Lexicurio's Arena, sternity ranks #11,422 of 42,762 for Qualifying.EtymologyFrom stern + -ity.nounThe quality of being stern.e.g.“Jemmy eyed him but his sternity rotted to foolishness in his stare.” — 1938, Patrick Kavanagh, The Green Fool, page 98:Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.strictness 73% match — The state or quality of being strict. vs sternity →stringentness 68% match — The state or quality of being stringent. vs sternity →starkness 68% match — The state or quality of being stark. vs sternity →sternly 68% match — In a stern manner. vs sternity →sereness 66% match — The quality of being sere. vs sternity →grimness 64% match — The characteristic or quality of being grim. vs sternity →straitness 63% match — The state or quality of being strait. vs sternity →sterned 63% match — Having a stern of a particular shape or kind. vs sternity →