Stringency and Severely

stringency

A state occasioned by scarcity of money and a shortage of credit.
- synonyms: tightness
Conscientious attention to rules and details.
- synonyms: strictness

(n.) The quality or state of being stringent.

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

severely

To a severe or serious degree.
- usage: "fingers so badly frozen they had to be amputated"; "badly injured"; "a severely impaired heart"; "is gravely ill"; "was seriously ill"
- synonyms: badly, gravely, seriously
With sternness; in a severe manner.
- usage: "`No,' she said sternly"; "peered severely over her glasses"
- synonyms: sternly
Causing great damage or hardship.
- usage: "industries hit hard by the depression"; "she was severely affected by the bank's failure"
- synonyms: hard