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seriously

[seer-ee-uhs-lee]

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adverb

in a serious manner: He shook his head seriously.

to an alarmingly grave extent: seriously ill.

with genuine, earnest intent; sincerely: Seriously, kids, we have to get home before dark.

Origin:
1500–10; serious + -ly

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a children's mummer's parade, as on the Fourth of July, with prizes for the best costumes.

a chattering or flighty, light-headed person.

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All it has to do is take these protests as seriously as they deserve to be taken.

Kennan took seriously the charge that he must become a scholar.

Investors have suddenly started taking nanotechnology seriously.

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All it has to do is take these protests as seriously as they deserve to be taken.

Kennan took seriously the charge that he must become a scholar.

Investors have suddenly started taking nanotechnology seriously.

Urban expansion and intensive commercial logging seriously threaten the native habitats of this ecoregion.

But if you try to talk to him, it will quickly become obvious that something is seriously wrong.

Naples is the traditional home of pizza and a place where people take their food seriously.

The shabby chic table opposite, for instance, is in my zip code range and seriously tempting.

WikiLeaks isn't alone in wanting to seriously safeguard its stuff.

And he indicated that he hoped that any further iteration of a settlement would deal with those issues more seriously.

Japan is starting to take its security responsibilities seriously.

Up and down the eastern seaboard, local officials are taking the blackout threat seriously.

The mammalian heart may possess the ability to renew seriously damaged tissue, researchers say.

It may not prevent all attacks and deaths, but it can seriously help reduce the numbers.

Heavier freezes may seriously damage or kill plants in some but not all winters.

Fit has become one seriously over-determined signifier, co-opted so often and for such disparate ends as to become meaningless.

If businesspeople should take art more seriously, artists too should take business more seriously.

Its inscriptions have been seriously damaged, likely as a result of an attack against the city.

Wheeler was one of the first prominent physicists seriously to propose that reality might not be a wholly physical phenomenon.

Smaller, more numerous carnivores would have seriously limited its feeding opportunities.

They look great together and seriously couldn't have been any easier to grow.

Many of the comments echoed one another, and they need to be taken seriously.

The gigantic problem with cyber crime is that no-one seems to take it seriously.

Fortunately, many clothing manufacturers take environmental issues seriously enough to seek out materials.

By the sounds of it, they're lucky people weren't seriously injured.

The practice of the time when people were seriously ill.

Destroy any lilies that have mottled leaves or are seriously stunted.

Now, his critics fear, no one will take it seriously.

Many of these aquatic monsters are thought to be seriously threatened by overfishing and habitat destruction.

It's time for rational minded scientists to start seriously challenging the ideas behind modern synthetic theory.

Nursery pansies are tempting me seriously this year, too.

The roof leaks even more seriously during the next storm.

The report cites numerous examples of nature reserves whose purpose of wildlife protection is being seriously undermined.

Be realistic and people will take you much more seriously.

In climates where it winters over, look for it to grow up to eight feet, seriously.

Sure, but when we're talking existential threats, even miniscule ones have to be taken seriously.

Lions outside the protection of national parks and reserves, where tourists usually see them, are seriously threatened.

Nobody who takes this report seriously can easily argue for doing nothing.

Hyacinth, red-fronted, and blue-throated macaws are seriously endangered.

Swordfish and hake fisheries also seriously affect albatrosses.

At some point every ultramarathon trail runner has to seriously ask that question-and answer with an affirmative.

The result is seriously depleted soil, excess agricultural run-off, and foods with decreased nutritional content.

Birkinshaw said younger vegetation may be more seriously impacted by fire.

Gorman of this place was seriously injured last night during a game of basket ball between two teams composed largely of.

It is an unfortunate fact that many students, even good ones, plagiarize or are seriously tempted to do.

Over time, your upholstery absorbs those scents and can start to seriously stink.

Human microbiota could be behind why deficient diets leave only some children seriously ill.

Higher-education leaders may disparage popular rankings of universities, but plenty of people take them seriously.

The report suggests endocrine disruptors are now widespread in many animals and can seriously harm populations.

Scientists are taking that possibility seriously and are looking beyond our planet for evidence of extraterrestrials.

Fortunately no one was injured, although many properties were seriously damaged.

Scoffers may think the trading of carbon emissions cannot be taken seriously as a.

It's hard to take you seriously when it's nearly impossible to find your voice amidst all the articles.

They were forced, usually by law, to take the safety of the public more seriously.

She started taking music seriously in the late-'90s.

Just what those limits might be have not yet been seriously addressed by science.

And it's seriously considering an idea that's long been a pipe dream.

Students will take student evaluatons seriously if they know that administators and faculty take them seriously.

When you are seriously rich it is hard to spend all your money, but some creative people will help you try.

Should that future arrive, the society reluctantly recommends seriously considering the following five global-cooling ideas.

They were promoted by a one or a few imaginative folks and not taken seriously by the scientific community.

All were forced at last to take the listeners' views seriously.

The size of a group was no longer a guarantee of success, and the potential of being seriously wounded or killed increased.

Corrupted or expunged data has seriously limited value since any conclusions derived from it must be suspect.

If people think that chimps make good pets-which is seriously misguided.

In my department, it's extremely seriously forbidden.

Nobody was seriously hurt, but the police apparently did nothing despite repeated requests for help.

Here are all the gotta-get-it items for seriously savvy outdoor fanatics.

Wigler and colleagues are seriously looking at the problem coming with the cancer genetics experience.

If you really get offended by a drawing on another persons body then you need to seriously get some focus in life.

He has good looks, affability and an endearing tendency not to take himself too seriously.

Our society is seriously mentally ill with respect to hemp.

As to the minority who seriously overdo it, research suggests that they display addictive behaviour in other ways too.

But it is worrying that anyone took it seriously at all:.

Four hospitals in the city were seriously damaged by the storm, and the roof was torn off a nursing home, she said.

It's important to take your child's nutrition seriously.

Nobody knows whether she seriously intends to join the race or, if she does, how seriously to take her.

Despite official doubts that uncontacted tribes exist, oil companies apparently take threats of encounters seriously.

Every business needs to take resource productivity as seriously as it takes labour productivity.

Several drinks later, the bottle of vodka is seriously depleted.

And no, no one tried seriously to integrate the tech on gaming products for number of reasons.

Non-executive directors take their task more seriously than ever before.

But every hospital that has treated people seriously ill with avian flu has recorded shocking death rates.

Sound practices would include seriously investing in the general welfare and protection of local communities.

Less then a year later on their journey home, the child encountered more danger when he became seriously ill.

Longley was seriously burned and incapacitated for six days by a premature explosion of an ounce of powder".

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World English Dictionary

seriously (ˈsɪərɪəslɪ)

—*adv*
1.	in a serious manner or to a serious degree
2.	informal extremely or remarkably: seriously tall

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