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View synonyms for seriously

seriously

[ seer-ee-uhs-lee ]

adverb

  1. in a serious manner:

    He shook his head seriously.

  2. to an alarmingly grave extent:

    seriously ill.

  3. with genuine, earnest intent; sincerely:

    Seriously, kids, we have to get home before dark.



seriously

/ ˈsɪərɪəslɪ /

adverb

  1. in a serious manner or to a serious degree
  2. informal.
    extremely or remarkably

    seriously tall



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Word History and Origins

Origin of seriously1

First recorded in 1500–10; serious + -ly

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Example Sentences

Yet this, in the end, is a book from which one emerges sad, gloomy, disenchanted, at least if we agree to take it seriously.

“They sure took the Sony thing seriously,” Attkisson said dryly.

Although Huckabee's condescending tone - like that of an elementary school history teacher - makes it difficult to take seriously.

If mercy is not preached by a national figure we take seriously, our battles over policy power will grow ever more merciless.

All 101 passengers survived but four were seriously injured.

Mrs. Charmington hastened to spread the report that his Royal Highness was seriously smitten.

Children, like uneducated adults, have been known to take a spectacle on the stage of a theatre too seriously.

If he would take her a little more seriously—it 's an immense pity he married her because she was silly!

Sam buttoned the will carefully in a side pocket; intimating by a look meanwhile, that he did mean it, and very seriously too.

I say "we," because another is mixed up in this business even more seriously than the Kaiser.

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