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!
The communication was seriously disrupted by the storm.
A young girl and her little brother were seriously hurt when a car ploughed into them on a crossing.
Freya Stratford had been seriously ill with the bile duct condition biliary atresia and doctors gave her just weeks to live unless a donor organ was found.
However, the decline in the Tokyo stock market, which has rendered many warrants worthless, may seriously damage the market.
Unfortunately, no one took my messages seriously.
Only in 1920 after Moscow cleared Russian chauvinists out of leadership of the Ukrainian Communist Party did the new Soviet administration seriously address aspirations for self-determination.
Far more seriously, the vital turn east towards Mayenne and Alençon, intended to initiate the rolling up of the main German front in Normandy, was delayed by days. Overlord D-Day And The Battle for Normandy
Back in the mists of time, power dressing was a thing for women who had to appear more masculine to be taken seriously, like stealth camouflage. Times, Sunday Times
Within a 17th-century half-timbered house, at Le Bistro de Claude, some of the most powerful people in the cognac business are partaking of seriously good cuisine. A Slow Path to Perfection
Smoking can seriously damage your health.
So he induces Ray to offer Jonathan a vast sum of money to undertake an assassination in Berlin - money which the seriously ill and impecunious Jonathan badly needs.
It criticises the main contractor for seriously erring in its original estimates.
A strain of mutant mice groom compulsively till they seriously injure themselves.
I am so utterly embarassed to call myself an american with this awful congress and president we have, I mean seriously this is like amatuer night at the oasis! Senate vote to kick off Wall Street reform push
I found the final rather involving, which given that rugby is in essence a game of catch taken extremely seriously is not bad going at all.
Parents, to paraphrase Philip Larkin, can seriously damage your health.
We didn't fully appreciate that he was seriously ill.
The feeling was that a team of incredible quality were seriously underperforming, and something had to change and quick.
The master talked to him gently but seriously, and he cocked his ears, and listened with painful intentness. The Call of Kind
The following morning the pond was seriously cloudy and smelly and the fish were gasping for air. Times, Sunday Times
He thought every thing was to be feared from the present state of the affair, and proposed revealing at once all he knew of it to Mr. Tyrold: but Camilla desired him to take no step till she had again expostulated with her sister, who might else be seriously hurt or offended. Camilla: or, A Picture of Youth
His arrest for lewd behaviour seriously damaged his credibility as a religious leader.
I would strongly recommend readers not to take his words too seriously!
And what caps this dizzy display is not seriously ordered fugato, let alone a full fugue, but a comically stilted allegro dance in duple rhythm, with octave leaps, mostly in two parts with chordal intrusions.
As long as Palin hides behind Facebook like a teenager lobbing untruths she will not be taken seriously. Begala calls Palin 'about half a whack job'
Seriously though, Rufus knew that the problems commonly blamed on rye occur when the grain is moldy and has ergot, so he was careful never to buy moldy rye.
I can't seriously believe Tiki Barber is the same person- that's what it boils down to. NY Daily News
Even more seriously, this is a play full of the most intricate, knotty, compacted language.
The local planners considered the matter seriously, but in the end the officer's recommendation was rejected by the committee.
These tests were so seriously flawed as to render the results meaningless.
The calm way you talk about money ensures people take you seriously. The Sun
It was obviously faux-meat that was actually called "seitan" (seriously pronounced "Satan," as in the prince of darkness). Daily Campus
Everyone who is involved in the experiment takes it incredibly seriously; there are numerous setbacks and tempers fray. Times, Sunday Times
I ran up against the problem of getting taken seriously long before I became a writer.
In this wrongful dismissal action, it appears that the defendant does not seriously dispute the fact that the plaintiff's co-employee seriously misconducted himself with respect to the plaintiff.
The European Union boycott and American prohibitions are not seriously handicapping Burma.
The notion of integrating the goals of liberal education into students' majors was taken seriously.
I would like now to seriously indifferent room of wonderful.
Despite subsequent upheavals, the French have never seriously considered restoring the monarchy since.
Well, then, seriously, melodrama was the correct ticket and all that in 1840, but we've outgrown it; it's devilish demode to chuck things in people's faces. Lady Baltimore
His suicide attempt was the first intimation that he was seriously depressed.
This would be such a female as our already seriously humbled hero could not manhandle as mere booty.
The mother is very much afraid for her son who is seriously ill.Sentencedict
While this increase or decrease in many instances is a natural fight of nature against the intrusion of opposing elements into the body, it frequently assumes dimensions that are most unpleasant and seriously impair the health, such as catarrhal conditions, all of which are due to poor or degenerated cells of this tissue. Valere Aude Dare to Be Healthy, Or, The Light of Physical Regeneration
He wasn't seriously injured - he just got a few cuts and bruises.
The police clearly took the reports of a similar find in Australia seriously, and last Friday Sydney police launched a dawn raid on a modest two-storey house in the suburbs.
Seriously, I would like to see all of you bluebook editors write an article on European Competition law and not kill yourselves. The Volokh Conspiracy » The Case for Abolishing the Bluebook
People see this larger-than-life character who jokes but he takes his football very seriously. The Sun
There was, however, a rumor that later, when the alpha, beta, gamma theory went temporarily on the rocks, he seriously considered changing his name to Zacharias.
Only if the same association is shown by others and defies simple explanation should it be taken seriously. Times, Sunday Times
In the coach crash 10 people died and 18 were seriously injured.
There is something cool and businesslike about you and people take what you say seriously. The Sun
Bobby is going about his homework very seriously tonight.
The town walls melted into pink, families promenaded in the cooler air of dusk, and for a moment I seriously considered taking up a career in sardine fishing.
Hence, the third proposal: Take records seriously and implement certification systems to formalize them, taking special notice of the promises you must make to succeed.
People who took football too seriously aroused deep loathing in me.
The main contractor has to plan for subcontracted work just as seriously as for his or her own work.
They are not thought to be seriously hurt.
Of course this seriously comic or comically serious Opera is drawing -- [ "_Music_," observes Mr. WAGG, parenthetically, "cannot be _drawing_"] -- and will continue to do so for some little time, long enough at all events to reimburse Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 103, October 15, 1892
McKean and other professional word gatherers join enthusiastic amateurs in Wallraff's new book Word Fugitives, which reassures us that taking language seriously needn't always mean being serious about language. Sniglets and Slithy Toves
He mentioned this to his cousin, but O’Hara, with a light-hearted reference to forewarning and forearming, refused to take the matter seriously. The Dancing Druids
They seem to know that in leaner and livelier form their courtroom dramas, geisha memoirs, and horse-whisperer romances would not be taken seriously, and that it is precisely the lack of genre-ish suspense that elevates them to the status of prize-worthy "tales of loss and redemption. A Reader's Manifesto
The move has seriously affected a number of marques here, whose cars in the D segment favoured by large families and commercial fleet operators sell significant shares of diesel engines which fall into the new band.
Another rebounding/defensive big man is all this team needs to seriously compete for a shot at the Finals. chris anderson needs to start playing with a chip on his shoulder, again ... he's too concerned with being "birdman". Denver Post: News: Breaking: Local
For two women such as us, confirmed members of the jeans and T-shirt brigade, we were developing a surprising unspoken admiration for the seriously girly.
However, I haven't seen any 'hunks' yet and i seriously doubt I will see any in nursing! Overthefence Diary Entry
As for those limitations of the "feminine mind" which render her unfit to consider the victuallage of a nation, or the justice of a tax on sugar; it hardly seems as if the charge need be taken seriously. The Man-Made World; or, Our Androcentric Culture
The USS Tortuga, a dock-landing ship that is homeported in Sasebo, in southern Japan, was expected to head north later today to parts of the country most seriously affected by the quake, said Col. Japan earthquake and tsunami: Live updates
He seems to be the only one taking them seriously, guzzling energy drinks so that he can stay up all night revising. Times, Sunday Times
It got so much bad publicity but seriously, without the movie it was an amazing album on its own.
They seriously believe that capital punishment is a deterrent.
Italy was a country of inexhaustible charm, sybaritic pleasure, and cultural wealth, of course, but it was not to be taken quite seriously in an economic or political sense.
Within a few days she had become seriously ill, suffering great pain and discomfort.
Some decided to downshift and take cycling less seriously once they became pregnant and had their babies.
He's seriously underrated as a writer.
A fourth undergraduate program leads to the degree Bachelor's of Science in Mathematics with Computer Science; it is intended for students seriously interested in theoretical computer science.
This film however never takes itself seriously at all and is a clever well thought out modern comedy.
Abrams takes the term blockbuster seriously here by amping up the thrills and generously peppering in humor and enough heart to actually want to follow the adventures of this crew for many more films to come. Ain't It Cool News - The best in movie, TV, DVD, and comic book news.
She said he had armed himself with a bottle, but was on the edge of the incident in which he had been seriously stabbed.
The Tribunal found that the vehicle was seriously damaged: a hole was blown in the sump.
Ick. Why MSNBC keeps him on is a mystery to me (and is lumped into the same mystery of why Maureen Dowd and David broder, for instance, have such an unhealthy fascination with the sexual activities of politicisn -- seriously, they're just strange, aren't they?) Chris Matthews, On Whether MSNBC Supports Obama: "Well, It's Not Official"
Now the losses are enormous and you'd have to be seriously wealthy to cover them.
None of the unruly activities in themselves would be regarded as seriously criminal, but their accumulative effect is having a real impact on the usage of the community building, and may even threaten its future survival.
Is it possible that societal trends since 1970 would have seriously eroded the church were it not for the influence of church growth? Christianity Today
I'm on a railway platform trying to get to work during a period of heavy storms (service is totally knacked) and I'm in uniform with a crowd around me seriously dis-chuffed and about to remove my nipple rings without unclipping them. I HATE COMPUTERS ( a therapy intermission)
I do think that the executors of Diana's will seriously violated her wishes by not dividing her personal property among her godchildren as she requested.
Hannah Start met one of the more seriously injured who is on the long road to recovery.
First of all, the book takes children seriously in their own right, in acknowledging their constructiveness as actors, not only for themselves and their own lives but also for society as a whole.
We need to take psychiatrically labeled people in our communities seriously, not patronize or pathologize them.
The RSPB reports that, despite the upturns in the fortune of many birds of prey in recent years, the hen harrier remains a seriously threatened species.
It has a seriously luxurious hotel with a superb restaurant and spa, and its own helicopter for guests to use. Times, Sunday Times
A spouse earning equal income who is left with dependent children to both support and to care for can be seriously disadvantaged.
Do you seriously think that heading for a war zone to run a blockade is the equivalent of riding your car down I-95 with a cooler and a picnic lunch? The Volokh Conspiracy » Pro-Palestinian “Peace Activists”
Are you seriously proposing that we should allow this situation to continue?
During the process of visiting the other property, for the first time Jennie thought seriously about her ‘dream’.
It was clear that the native tutors had no control whatever over their illustrious pupil, and every creature in and about the zenana was his submissive slave, so that Gerrard became seriously exercised as to the development of his character. The Path to Honour
More seriously for him, there are members who say he is wrong on this issue.
“It might have been a breadknife,” said Oates seriously. Traitor's Purse
The firm and decisive action taken indicates how seriously the ECB and the club have treated the case.
A boy seriously burned in a fire that killed his older brother eight years ago has saved his younger brother and sister from another blaze at their Bradford home.
His boat is a small skiff with a 25 hp engine, which seriously limits how many people he can take out.
Seriously the media's coverage of women in politics is so egregiously pathetic. Submitted Without Comment (Blog for Democracy)
They seriously believe that capital punishment is a deterrent.
Like all loveable teams, Oldham did not take themselves too seriously, as Holden and Rhodes showed when they hammed it up for an Alas Smith and Jones homage. How Oldham Athletic's pinch-me season won over a nation | Rob Smyth
That's the central prediction of economic forecasters and we have to take what they say seriously. Times, Sunday Times
Now qualified, has it been difficult to persuade others to take her seriously? Times, Sunday Times
The government had some foreknowledge from an informant as well as the buzz of rumours, but there had been so many rumours and false alarms that at first it did not take it seriously.
We discovered later that he was seriously affected by dyslexia.
Seriously: someone tell the kids enjoying the "suite life" that wearing Saints paraphernalia is not a crime. Your Right Hand Thief
Intensive care is given to the seriously ill.
Seriously, what else can you call a comically evil bunch of thugs who siphon off 1/6 of our GDP? Think Progress » Companies infused eight lobbyists for every federal lawmaker into the health care debate.
The discussion whether they took him seriously or if he was only some kind of exotic amusement for them fills many books.
She's sick of being seen as a sex symbol and wants to be taken seriously as an actress.
Is it any wonder lags don't take prison seriously? The Sun
The company took the optimization of their software applications for multi-processor platforms very seriously.
Is anyone seriously suggesting that, say, octogenarians should qualify for stacking shelves at Dunnes Stores?
A few years after college, a freak accident - and one seriously low threshold for boredom - redirected Jaime's life.
I find it incredible that anyone uses it seriously, let alone about themselves. Times, Sunday Times
They are these tiny little plastic beads (think a little bigger than the head of a pin, seriously) that kids put onto tiny pin sized pegs to make patterns. They Say It’s Her Birthday | Her Bad Mother
Chinese police pursued the car, and in the ensuing chase the suspects' automobile collided with a traffic island, killing one occupant and seriously injuring the other.
Older drivers are more likely to be seriously injured because of the fragility of their bones.
He did sometimes express amazement that some of the great canonical books (The Faerie Queene comes to mind) were taken seriously; this was part of his conversational charm.
Any Government who are seriously concerned about dealing with the escalating crime rate must begin to tackle crime at its roots.
Our cost competitiveness in the middle of the chain has been seriously eroded.
Admit the truth to yourself sincerely and seriously in deep self-talk. Rabbi Shmuley Boteach: Excerpt: 10 Conversations You Need to Have With Yourself: A Powerful Plan for Spiritual Growth and Self-Improvement
And already this belief helps nourish a central strand of the postmodern condition: a powerful inability to take things seriously. Christianity Today
Indeed, it is arguable that one can only achieve ones ends by engaging in means that those who oppose you will understand and that will hurt them seriously enough to make them take notice.
They are vulnerable to physical assault, sexual harassment, and rape, and their experiences and fears have tended not to be taken seriously.
We are taking the situation seriously and we are taking a trawl through all our permits.
Some unfortunate person passing below could all too easily be seriously injured.
How incineration can seriously be termed ‘recycling’ is beyond me.
Neither Anne Be Davis nor HJCR played into local Detroit scenesterism - nobody would take kids from Grosse Pointe seriously, after all … except Meg White, and you see where that's gotten her. AltWeeklies.com Site Feed
He seriously outranked both men, and they snapped to attention.
Unfortunately, bankers and investment analysts took it seriously - unable, it seems, to do simple sums.
The first is, yes, China needs to take its ecology seriously, and it has to improve its flyways for migratory birds.
How seriously can you take a crackhead who, when he exhausts the holes on his belt, thinks only that he will have to find a leatherworker when he gets to Rome to punch new ones. Who Is IOZ?
Scary fell off the wagon last night and got seriously mullered before rolling home in the wee small hours singing.
By the end of the journey, he can find himself caught seriously short, so the aromatic cubicles that pass for lavs at Bondi Junction station become sanctuaries of blessed relief.
English wines have enjoyed a genuine renaissance over the past couple of years and are now being taken seriously on the international stage. Times, Sunday Times
They seriously risk jeopardizing their careers if they attempt to work purely in the intelligence field.
The snivel, therefore, from our mines to to jack up its delivery services is not only opportune but one which should be taken seriously.
I am a woman of 36. My snoring is seriously loud. The Sun
It was obvious to both of us that not only was there the most vibrant sexual attraction between us - more seriously - we were falling deeply in love.
Nickel is one of the most important metallic impurity in very large scale integrated circuit (VLSI). It affects seriously the VLSI properties.
I feel torn between two conflicting impulses - my desire to be taken seriously as an intellectual, and my desire to share with others the absurd things that delight me.
Toll plaza on highway has seriously influenced on highway operation and management.
Such is Kerry's reputation for irresolution that even when he does talk tough, America's adversaries don't take him seriously.
Also, food trends are impossible to take seriously — see chia seeds. Times, Sunday Times
Heand his lawyers will need to seriously abase themselves before the Committee if he's going to escape a similar fate.
If I took any of this particularly seriously I would risk suffering from nutritional whiplash, pursuing health in precisely contradictory binges.
He seriously protested that the bow of Blandois was perfect, that the address of Blandois was irresistible, and that the picturesque ease of Blandois would be cheaply purchased (if it were not a gift, and unpurchasable) for a hundred thousand francs. Little Dorrit
In addition, traditional conception of technology is still prevalent , which has seriously limited the research and development of soft technology.
In addition, strikes involving the loss of working days can seriously disrupt production and lower output. Collins Dictionary of Economics
Aside from my reluctance to take financial wisdom seriously from someone who uses "payed" instead of "paid", (sank/sunk notwithstanding) you seem to be forgetting the huge number of corporations who _aren't_ listed on the stock exchange, and who don't pay dividends. Medlogs - Recent stories
These guys have a seriously great sense of style and I'm not just talking about their shiny shirts and headbands either.
The entire manifesto is here, but seriously, this is not worth the crazy shenanigans that preceded it. The Open Cloud Manifesto Is Nothing But a Vapor Tiger
Martin Cloonan's introductory essay asks us to consider seriously the question of definition.
“Personally,” he wrote, “I could have no objection to the annexation of Texas, but I certainly would be unwilling to see the existing Union dissolved or seriously jeoparded for the sake of acquiring Texas.” A Country of Vast Designs
You guys should just superglue your mouths together, seriously.
His Protestant heirs continue to view the New Testament as a seriously flawed historical document.
Fortunately only one legislator was seriously hurt.
Sales of the product have been seriously hurt by the adverse publicity.
They often tell us not to worry in order to keep us from investigating the ramifications of their agenda. www. epa.gov will see that the EPA seems to have taken the possibility of this tax seriously enough to work out it's ramifications for us. RedState
A third passenger, a seventeen year old girl, was not seriously hurt.
Holy ridicule does not mock the serious things of life, only those who take themselves too seriously. Christianity Today
You are not taken seriously unless you have tried something and failed. Times, Sunday Times
Seriously, I think services like this are great for dealing with awkward situations in a harmless, non-confrontational way.
Seriously, it seems a lot of people who focus on current biological science become remarkably 'reductionist' and in many ways are still thinking of the universe as a 'clockwork' - that idea has been outdated in physics for over century, time for Richard Dawkins to catch up. Fibonacci Patterns
But if the folks who take cinema seriously were so willing to agitate against colorization, where are they now?
Seriously though, we love sitting down and enjoying a meal together, even better than going out for a meal.
With the amount of sun and surf streaming out of Australia, creating a top of the line hair product to tame their manes is a concept Evo takes seriously. Cool Hunting
The successfully treated seriously ill are also affected by these service inadequacies.
He said that the company, which admitted one count of discharging effluent, took environmental issues seriously.
The patient is seriously ill and is being kept under continuous observation.
Such a system of extralegal detention, sometimes called black jails, "damages the legitimate rights of petitioners and seriously damages the government's image, " the article said.
The big question is whether her long-time fans will allow her to grow in new directions, and will those who take their music seriously listen without prejudice? Times, Sunday Times
So it's a very difficult role, very difficult job and they're taking it very seriously.
Police people assured us to take the case seriously and book the pick pocketer for at least 6 months in Jail. Undefined
The same runoff going into the river, diluted with 73 percent less water, would have seriously deteriorated water quality until it was unfit for human contact.
Do not use thin wire, metal or plastic strapping, or other material that could seriously cut you if you fell against it hard enough.
An inmate learns to ride a unicycle in the prison gym. Seriously.
But as perhaps fifty of these whale-bone whales are harpooned for one cachalot, some philosophers of the forecastle have concluded that this positive havoc has already very seriously diminished their battalions. Moby Dick; or the Whale
The condition was not taken seriously for many years and proper research has been undertaken only recently. Times, Sunday Times
His arrest for lewd behaviour seriously damaged his credibility as a religious leader.
The allegations are being treated very seriously indeed.
It is not clear how seriously this matter - which has been raised in a rump session - is being taken.
Such a curious thing for an established and respected elderly gentleman to do, now that she came to consider it seriously.
It was apparent to everyone that he was seriously ill.
Furthermore, his post as the forefather of opera was seriously questioned and negated.
Even the flying spaghetti monster on Futurama: "You seriously believe I'm descended from some kind of flightless manicotti? Cody Gault: America's Creationism Problem

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