Meaning

5 senses
  1. 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.

    ernst, ernsthaft, im Ernst

    серьёзноserʹjózno

    серйо́зноserjózno

    in a serious manner

  2. Gravely; deeply; very much.

    That was a seriously unpleasant thing to say.

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

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

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

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

  5. (informal)In an extreme or major way; majorly.

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

Examples

1153 sentences
  1. Take things a little more seriously.

    Сприймай речі трохи серйозніше.

    ruВоспринимай вещи немного серьёзнее.

    deNimm die Dinge etwas ernster.

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  2. We talked seriously to one another.

    Ми серйозно поговорили.

    ruМы серьёзно поговорили.

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  3. You should seriously consider doing that.

    Тобі потрібно серйозно розглянути можливість зробити це.

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  4. Tom still isn't taking us seriously.

    Том все ще не сприймає нас всерйоз.

    ruТом всё ещё не принимает нас всерьёз.

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  5. Tom always takes things so seriously.

    Том завжди все сприймає дуже серйозно.

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
in a serious or literal manner:
Русский
By meaning 1
in a serious or literal manner:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
speech-act:
in a serious or literal manner:

Origin

From Middle English seriously, sereously, ceryously, seryowslech (“earnestly”), equivalent

From Middle English seriously, sereously, ceryously, seryowslech (“earnestly”), equivalent to serious + -ly.

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Forms

more seriously, most seriously
Comparativemore seriously Lesson
Superlativemost seriously

regular

Synonyms

8 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

4 related words

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

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
seriously — meaning, examples, forms, synonyms | Krumeto