serious

Speech parts

1. serious - Adjective

2. serious - Adverb

3. serious - Adjective Satellite

Meaning

Grave in manner or disposition; earnest; thoughtful; solemn; not light, gay, or volatile.

Really intending what is said; being in earnest; not jesting or deceiving.

Important; weighty; not trifling; grave.

Hence, giving rise to apprehension; attended with danger; as, a serious injury.

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Examples

The word love has by no means the same sense for both sexes, and this is one cause of the serious misunderstandings that divide them. Simone de Beauvoir

It is impossible for the mind to remain undisturbed by thoughts, but anyone serious about the matter can certainly permit them entry or drive them away, and although their origin does not lie entirely under our control we can choose to approve of them and to adopt them. John Cassian

The situation is hopeless, but not serious. Lower Austria Proverb

It is a little thing to starve to death; it is a serious matter to lose one's virtue. Chinese Proverb

Just as a medicine may not cure a serious illness, wine will certainly not dispel your grief. Chinese Proverb

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