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SERIOUSLY

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Dictionary entry overview: What does seriously mean?

• SERIOUSLY (adverb)
The adverb SERIOUSLY has 2 senses:

1. in a serious manner
2. to a severe or serious degree

Familiarity information: SERIOUSLY used as an adverb is rare.

Dictionary entry details

• SERIOUSLY (adverb)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

In a serious manner

Synonyms:

earnestly; in earnest; seriously

Context examples:

talking earnestly with his son / she started studying snakes in earnest / a play dealing seriously with the question of divorce

Pertainym:

serious (concerned with work or important matters rather than play or trivialities)

Sense 2

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Meaning:

To a severe or serious degree

Synonyms:

badly; severely; gravely; seriously

Context examples:

fingers so badly frozen they had to be amputated / badly injured / a severely impaired heart / is gravely ill / was seriously ill

Pertainym:

serious (causing fear or anxiety by threatening great harm)

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