Seriously

/ˈsɪə.ɹi.əs.li/ · adverb

Meaning

(manner) In a serious or literal manner..

Definitions by Sense

1. (manner) In a serious or literal manner.
2. Gravely; deeply; very much.
3. Used to attempt to introduce a serious point in a less serious conversation.
4. Used to call back to a previous point, in disbelief or for emphasis.
5. (informal) In an extreme or major way; majorly.

Example Sentences

He was hoping that we would take him seriously.

Jimmy jokingly called Bob a doofus. Bob took the insult seriously.

“I’ll qualify the statement, then,” she answered, with a laugh. “We have known each other for two ages—hers and mine. But seriously we are as dear to each other as sisters, and now that I am going to lose her I am almost heartbroken.”

Masters and Johnson wanted their work to be taken seriously, and wanted to stay a step ahead of the morality police, so they tended to write in almost comically dense medicalese.

Jeremy, meanwhile, was the fun-lover, like me, who didn't always take it too seriously.

That was a seriously unpleasant thing to say.

Now, seriously, why did you forget to feed the cat today?

You baked ten (10) cakes. Seriously, why did you do that?

Synonyms for seriously

Antonyms for seriously

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• more seriously
• most seriously

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