seriously
[seer-ee-uh s-lee]
- 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.
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Origin of seriously
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Examples from the Web for seriously
Contemporary Examples
Yet this, in the end, is a book from which one emerges sad, gloomy, disenchanted, at least if we agree to take it seriously.
Houellebecq’s Incendiary Novel Imagines France With a Muslim PresidentPierre Assouline
January 9, 2015
All 101 passengers survived but four were seriously injured.
At least some people had seen the posting and failed to notify the authorities, hopefully because they had not taken it seriously.
Hitchcock's drinking, a problem for some time, got seriously worse.
The basketball game was the final engagement on a seriously busy day for the young royals.
Historical Examples
Even in antiquity the wiseacres took our royal buffoon too seriously.
The Dramatic Values in PlautusWilton Wallace Blancke
Demarest was seriously disturbed by the situation that had developed.
Within the LawMarvin Dana
His lower orders are all food for comedy or farce: he will not treat them seriously.
The Man ShakespeareFrank Harris
He was seriously injured, but was stated in a London paper of August 21 to be out of danger.
HandelEdward J. Dent
He was seriously wounded, and fell into the hands of the enemy.
RidgewayScian Dubh
seriously
- in a serious manner or to a serious degree
- informal extremely or remarkablyseriously tall
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Word Origin and History for seriously
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