seriously

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UK /ˈsɪə.ɹi.əs.li/ US /ˈsɪɹ.i.əs li/

adv 5

Collocations

ADJ.

ill, injured, little

My grandfather was seriously ill last winter, but he's recovered well now.

VERB + SERIOUSLY

consider, don't, insult, mine, pet, project, started, subject

We seriously considered moving to Australia last year but decided against it.

SERIOUSLY + NOUN

episode, i'm

I'm seriously considering a career change after that difficult episode at work.

PREP.

He told me to seriously up my game if I wanted to make the team.

ADV.

immediately, often, only, sometimes

He only seriously started thinking about his career after he turned thirty.

Definitions

adv

In a serious or literal manner.

He was hoping that we would take him seriously.

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

Gravely; deeply; very much.

That was a seriously unpleasant thing to say.

Used to attempt to introduce a serious point in a less serious conversation.

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

Used to call back to a previous point, in disbelief or for emphasis.

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

In an extreme or major way; majorly.

Unless you're seriously strapped (armed), you're about to be not okay too.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

adverb — to a severe or serious degree

badly
severely
gravely

adverb — in a serious manner

earnestly

Antonyms

Idioms & Phrases

but seriously folks

Used to redirect attention to immediately preceding a failed attempt at humor.

A nightclub comic who gets off a bad joke, nobody laughs, but he goes right on with: "But, seriously, folks" […].

Example Bank

He was hoping that we would take him seriously.

Wiktionary

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

Wiktionary

“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

Wiktionary

Seriously though, episode 21 made me almost cry while laughing.

Tatoeba · #1454

Spenser's sarcastic and joking remarks are often misinterpreted as signs of ambivalence and often taken too seriously.

Tatoeba · #1931

We have to take him to the hospital immediately; he is seriously injured!

Tatoeba · #5942

Usage Notes

i Register

In some senses, seriously is marked as informal. Watch for register when choosing this word.

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