[
US
/ˈsɪɹiəsɫi/
]
[ UK /sˈiəɹɪəsli/ ]
[ UK /sˈiəɹɪəsli/ ]
ADVERB
-
to a severe or serious degree
fingers so badly frozen they had to be amputated
was seriously ill
is gravely ill
a severely impaired heart
badly injured -
in a serious manner
she started studying snakes in earnest
talking earnestly with his son
a play dealing seriously with the question of divorce
How To Use seriously In A Sentence
- The only seriously bad bit is that you become less agile and less strong. Times, Sunday Times
- Moreover some parts of gain will devolute to Italian Red Cross seriously employed in the disastrous earthquake land that hit the middle lands of Italia few weeks ago. MacMegasite
- I do not of course mean, Heaven forbid! that people should try to converse seriously; that results in the worst kind of dreariness, in feeling, as Stevenson said, that one has the brain of a sheep and the eyes of a boiled codfish. From a College Window
- Fourthly, pay more attention to databank construction, take communication and cooperation seriously.
- This blogger is a seriously insecure woman who needs to examine her shaky sense of privilege before again attempting to write about transpeople. The Brave One Goes Crazy And Murders Weekend Box Office
- Of late, Wattal has been seriously looking outside the ambit of working with pop artists.
- Any adult who says `Chrissie" when he means `Christmas", and ` mozzie " for `mosquito", is hard to take seriously. STAGE FRIGHT
- However, it's hard to be seriously annoyed when you have a cat snuggling you and giving you gentle licks, as mine just did.
- Two-gig Pents, virtual keys, mondo bandwidth... seriously rad, my man. T2: INFILTRATOR
- Fortunately, they were all reasonably priced; this could get seriously expensive if you're not careful!