seriously

[ seer-ee-uh s-lee ]

/ ˈsɪər i əs li /

in a serious manner: He shook his head seriously.

to an alarmingly grave extent: seriously ill.

with genuine, earnest intent; sincerely: Seriously, kids, we have to get home before dark.

Origin of seriously

First recorded in 1500–10; serious + -ly

Yet this, in the end, is a book from which one emerges sad, gloomy, disenchanted, at least if we agree to take it seriously.

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All 101 passengers survived but four were seriously injured.

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At least some people had seen the posting and failed to notify the authorities, hopefully because they had not taken it seriously.

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Hitchcock's drinking, a problem for some time, got seriously worse.

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The basketball game was the final engagement on a seriously busy day for the young royals.

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In the latter part of winter, my only cow sickened and died, a loss which we seriously felt.

Biography and Family Record of Lorenzo Snow |Eliza R. Snow Smith
Is it possible that you do not take this seriously, Mr. Drew?

The Heritage of the Hills |Arthur P. Hankins
"We will draw the line short of that," said Margaret seriously.

Pearl of Pearl Island |John Oxenham
Such were the assurances of their own officers, and made so seriously and confidently, that we never thought of mistrusting them.

Maurice Tiernay Soldier of Fortune |Charles James Lever
The fact is we decline to take anyone else seriously, but we make up for that by taking ourselves with redoubled seriousness.

The Champagne Standard |Mrs. John Lane

seriously

/ (ˈsɪərɪəslɪ) /

in a serious manner or to a serious degree

informal extremely or remarkably seriously tall