seriously
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1.6
- adverb
- /ˈsɪrɪəsli/
:
gravemente
- Pregnant women are more at risk of becoming seriously ill if they catch a food- or waterborne infection.
- seriously undermine
- seriously affect
- seriously injured
And apparently no one was seriously hurt, so we can sort of.
- And apparently no one was seriously hurt, so we can sort of.
- And Ryan's suit replicas are seriously the best suit replicas out there.
- Yeah, there are some still seriously bad days.
- That is a kind of death if you're seriously suicidal.
- You may even find yourself being seriously threatened when you try to get out.
- So last night I got seriously no sleep at all.
- Like it would look like seriously so cracky and gross.
- Oh my God, seriously prepared to be wowed.
- Verano, Veran and Martinez seriously reminds me.
Examples
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She took the warning seriously and decided to prepare for the worst.
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No one was seriously hurt.
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- There is something seriously wrong here.
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One night, he was talking seriously to me about the failure of his marriage.
Fiction book (1992) -
If those negotiations are conducted seriously, they can produce such an agreement within 12 months.
Academic text (2011) -
The doctor said that the patient's condition is seriously critical and requires immediate attention.
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If you don't address the issue seriously, it could lead to serious consequences later.
Synonyms
∞
1.0
To a very great degree
590
1.8
In a way that shows very strong feeling, for example sadness or respect
456
1.0
To a great degree
350
1.0
By a very large amount
320
1.0
To a large degree or too much
272
4.1
In a very bad or serious way
230
1.4
To a very great degree, often before words like cold or sad
144
3.4
By a large amount
129
4.9
To a large degree
128
3.5
To a very large degree
110
4.2
Very strongly in a way that changes people's feelings or thoughts
88
3.1
In a very strong or focused way
84
2.1
To a very great degree
57
4.6
To a very great degree
47
3.4
To a great degree
40
5.2
To a great degree
34
4.6
In a very serious way that shows something is important
Antonyms
Idioms
How Severe
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Seriously comes from the adjective serious, which comes from the Latin serius meaning 'important' or 'heavy'. So when we say something happened seriously, we mean it was very strong, severe, or extreme.