seriously
In a serious or literal mannerIn a serious or literal manner.
» Take things a little more seriously.
Nimm die Dinge etwas ernster.
Воспринимай вещи немного серьёзнее.
Сприймай речі трохи серйозніше.
Meaning
5 sensesIn 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.
ernst, ernsthaft, im Ernst
серьёзноserʹjózno
серйо́зноserjózno
in a serious manner
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?
(informal)In an extreme or major way; majorly.
Unless you're seriously strapped (armed), you're about to be not okay too.
Examples
1153 sentencesTake things a little more seriously.
Сприймай речі трохи серйозніше.
ruВоспринимай вещи немного серьёзнее.
deNimm die Dinge etwas ernster.
We talked seriously to one another.
Ми серйозно поговорили.
ruМы серьёзно поговорили.
You should seriously consider doing that.
Тобі потрібно серйозно розглянути можливість зробити це.
Tom still isn't taking us seriously.
Том все ще не сприймає нас всерйоз.
ruТом всё ещё не принимает нас всерьёз.
Tom always takes things so seriously.
Том завжди все сприймає дуже серйозно.
Translations
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Origin
From Middle English seriously, sereously, ceryously, seryowslech (“earnestly”), equivalentFrom Middle English seriously, sereously, ceryously, seryowslech (“earnestly”), equivalent to serious + -ly.
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Forms
more seriously, most seriously| Comparative | more seriously Lesson |
|---|---|
| Superlative | most seriously |
regular
Synonyms
8 synonyms- in a serious manner:earnestlyin earnest
- to a severe or serious degree:badlyseverelygravely
Word family
4 related wordsLessons for this word
2 lessons- A2Comparatives — Because it has a comparative form
- A2Adverbs of manner — Because it is an -ly adverb
Collocations
12 patterns- doubt very seriously
- very seriously that
- was seriously injured
- seriously thinking about
- seriously injured
- seriously considering considering
- seriously consider
- seriously thinking
- should seriously consider
- been seriously hurt
- is seriously ill
- seriously ill