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(adj) ascetic, ascetical, spartan
practicing great self-denial
Be systematically ascetic...do...something for no other reason than that you would rather not do it- William James; a desert nomad's austere life; a spartan diet; a spartan existence
(adj) stern
of a stern or strict bearing or demeanor; forbidding in aspect
an austere expression; a stern face
severely simple
a stark interior