seriously
Americanadverb
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in a serious manner.
He shook his head seriously.
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to an alarmingly grave extent.
seriously ill.
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with genuine, earnest intent; sincerely.
Seriously, kids, we have to get home before dark.
adverb
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in a serious manner or to a serious degree
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informal extremely or remarkably
seriously tall
Etymology
Origin of seriously
Example Sentences
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When gas prices hit $4 a gallon in 2022 consumers started to pull back on their spending, and talked more seriously about changing their spending habits by possibly cutting back on commuting.
From MarketWatch • Apr. 1, 2026
In 2021, Woods was seriously injured in a rollover crash near Rancho Palos Verdes the morning after the Genesis Invitational, which he hosted at Riviera Country Club.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 31, 2026
You have been taking these rankings, and similar data points, seriously, long before anyone else was seeing around the corner of why they should matter.
From Slate • Mar. 30, 2026
On Friday a US official told Reuters that 12 US personnel had been wounded, two of them seriously, in an Iranian military attack on the air base.
From BBC • Mar. 29, 2026
She hadn’t taken the promise seriously, or perhaps she hadn’t considered what it meant to be a mother, how she would love her child.
From "Rump: The (Fairly) True Story of Rumpelstilskin" by Liesl Shurtliff
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