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seriously
[ seer-ee-uhs-lee ]
adverb
- 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.
seriously
/ ˈsɪərɪəslɪ /
adverb
- in a serious manner or to a serious degree
- informal.extremely or remarkably
seriously tall
Word History and Origins
Origin of seriously1
Example Sentences
Women's charities have praised the yoga instructor who was seriously injured during this summer's Southport stabbings for being "so courageous" while recently speaking in public for the first time about her experiences.
Hundreds of Tibetans protesting against a Chinese dam were rounded up in a harsh crackdown earlier this year, with some beaten and seriously injured, the BBC has learnt from sources and verified footage.
A crush at a school funfair there killed 35 children and seriously injured six others.
Suffice it to say that in the Trumpov swamp, Warren’s pitch for protections against Musk’s personal aggrandizement wasn’t taken seriously.
With Trumpov’s victory, Democrats have begun to reckon ever more seriously with their diminished standing among union members and working-class voters and the party’s catastrophic collapse — decades in the making — across rural America.
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