SEVERELY as ADVERB

  1. Meaning
    • to a severe or serious degree
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    • 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
    • causing great damage or hardship
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    • industries hit hard by the depression
    • she was severely affected by the bank’’s failure
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  3. Meaning
    • with sternness
    • in a severe manner
    Synonym(s) Usage Example(s)
    • `No,” she said sternly
    • peered severely over her glasses
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