seriously
adverb
se·ri·ous·ly
ˈsir-ē-əs-lē 
Synonyms
- achingly
- almighty
- archly
- awful
- awfully
- badly
- beastly
- blisteringly
- bone
- colossally
- corking
- cracking
- damn
- damned
- dang
- deadly
- desperately
- eminently
- enormously
- especially
- ever
- exceedingly
- exceeding
- extra
- extremely
- fabulously
- fantastically
- far
- fiercely
- filthy
- frightfully
- full
- greatly
- heavily
- highly
- hugely
- immensely
- incredibly
- intensely
- jolly
- majorly
- mightily
- mighty
- monstrous [chiefly dialect]
- mortally
- most
- much
- particularly
- passing
- rattling
- real
- really
- right
- roaring
- roaringly
- severely
- so
- sore
- sorely
- spanking
- specially
- stinking
- such
- super
- supremely
- surpassingly
- terribly
- that
- thumping
- too
- unco
- uncommonly
- vastly
- very
- vitally
- way
- whacking
- wicked
- wildly
Examples of seriously in a Sentence
No one was seriously injured in the accident.
I thought seriously about death while I was in the hospital.
You should seriously consider buying a new car.
You don't mean that seriously, do you?
It was so hot that we nearly melted. But seriously, it was hotter than I've ever experienced.
I think you are seriously mistaken.
Recent Examples on the Web
The military said one fighter was seriously wounded.
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Sam Mednick, TIME, 8 June 2024
Meanwhile, folks in desert communities (Borrego Springs was hovering around 107 degrees on Thursday) and the Central Valley (Redding was around 103) take this heat seriously.
—Michael Smolens, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 June 2024
Various studies have shown that such attitudes are not only demotivating but also associated with disgust toward and discrimination against people with obesity — and that the experience of weight stigma can be seriously disabling.
—Kwame Anthony Appiah, New York Times, 7 June 2024
The previous year, Burnett was stabbed multiple times and seriously wounded by a neighbor during an argument outside a Buena Park apartment complex.
—Nathan Solis, Los Angeles Times, 6 June 2024
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Sam Mednick, TIME, 8 June 2024
Meanwhile, folks in desert communities (Borrego Springs was hovering around 107 degrees on Thursday) and the Central Valley (Redding was around 103) take this heat seriously.
—Michael Smolens, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 June 2024
Various studies have shown that such attitudes are not only demotivating but also associated with disgust toward and discrimination against people with obesity — and that the experience of weight stigma can be seriously disabling.
—Kwame Anthony Appiah, New York Times, 7 June 2024
The previous year, Burnett was stabbed multiple times and seriously wounded by a neighbor during an argument outside a Buena Park apartment complex.
—Nathan Solis, Los Angeles Times, 6 June 2024
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“Seriously.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/seriously. Accessed 11 Jun. 2024.
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