Term Gallery logo

Meanings of sternly practical in английском

We have no meanings for "sternly practical" in our records yet.
Usage of sternly practical in английском
1
On some sides his experience and business training had made him sternly practical and prosaic.
The Iron Trail
2
Indeed, the philosophy of Moses was of the sternly practical kind, resembling that of Benjamin Franklin.
The Emancipation of Massachusetts
3
Yet she saw that, sternly practical as he was, he had a vague feeling for romance.
The Girl from Keller's
4
A more straightforward, downright, gay, sympathetic, shallow, warm-hearted, sternly practical young woman has rarely touched this planet.
Democracy, an American novel
5
Our book therefore contains a lot of writing advice, ranging from the sternly practical to the gloriously idiosyncratic.
The Guardian
6
You could see at a glance she was a notable woman, a housewife, sternly practical, alive with energy, and with fine possibilities of temper.
In the South Seas / Being an Account of Experiences and Observat...
7
And now," he continued, becoming sternly practical, "about the good old sequel and aftermath, so to speak, of this little binge of ours.
A Damsel in Distress
8
"Why, father," he resumed after a brief pause, "you are so sternly practical that you drive all the sentiment out of a fellow.
Blown to Bits: The Lonely Man of Rakata, the Malay Archipelago
This collocation consists of: