[ US /ˈsɪɹiəsɫi/ ]
[ UK /sˈi‍əɹɪəsli/ ]
ADVERB
  1. 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
  2. in a serious manner
    she started studying snakes in earnest
    talking earnestly with his son
    a play dealing seriously with the question of divorce
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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!
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