seriously

Adverb

Meaning

to a severe or serious degree

in a serious manner

Source: WordNet

Synonyms

badly earnestly severely gravely in earnest ultra real very especially actually hard particularly extremely greatly really

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Antonyms

just little rather comparatively slightly somewhat

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Phrases with the word

seriously ill seriously wounded act seriously speak seriously take something seriously talk seriously

Anagrams

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Examples

The saints aren't made from other material, they're humans just like us. In this they differ: they took seriously the question of their salvation. Seraphim of Sarov

Do not take life too seriously. You will never get out of it alive. Elbert Hubbard

Life is far too important a thing ever to talk seriously about. Oscar Wilde

Don't take seriously the cat who mourns for a mouse. Japanese Proverb

A fine rain still soaks you to the bone, but no one takes it seriously. Corsican Proverb

Listen to that which is openly and seriously spoken. Latin Proverb

Close letter words and terms

serious-minded serious-minded person serious-mindedness seriously at the back seriously behind seriously damage