SERIOUSLY as ADVERB

  1. Meaning
    • to a severe or serious degree
    Synonym(s) Usage Example(s)
    • fingers so badly frozen they had to be amputated
    • badly injured
    • a severely impaired heart
    • is gravely ill
    • was seriously ill
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  2. Meaning
    • in a serious manner
    Synonym(s) Usage Example(s)
    • talking earnestly with his son
    • she started studying snakes in earnest
    • a play dealing seriously with the question of divorce
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