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seriously
adverb se·ri·ous·ly
: in a serious way
: to a large or great degree or extent
Full Definition of SERIOUSLY
1
: in a sincere manner : earnestly <speaking seriously>
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First Known Use of SERIOUSLY
1509
Related to SERIOUSLY
- Synonyms
- achingly, almighty, archly, awful, awfully, badly, beastly, blisteringly, bone, colossally, corking, cracking, damn, damned, dang, deadly, desperately, eminently, enormously, especially, ever, exceedingly (also exceeding), extra, extremely, fabulously, fantastically, far, fiercely, filthy, frightfully, full, greatly, heavily, highly, hugely, immensely, incredibly, intensely, jolly, majorly, mightily, mighty, monstrous [chiefly dialect], mortally, most, much, particularly, passing, rattling, real, really, right, roaring, roaringly, very, severely, so, sore, sorely, spanking, specially, stinking, such, super, supremely, surpassingly, terribly, that, thumping, too, unco, uncommonly, vastly, vitally, way, whacking, wicked, wildly
- Antonyms
- little, negligibly, nominally, slightly, somewhat
SERIOUSLY Defined for Kids
seriously
adverb se·ri·ous·ly \ˈsir-ē-əs-lē\
Definition of SERIOUSLY for Kids
1
: in an earnest way <He takes his job seriously.>
2
: in a literal way <Don't take me seriously. It was just a joke.>
3
: to a large degree or extent <seriously wounded>
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