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. — deniko
ruВоспринимай вещи немного серьёзнее. — Lenin_1917
deNimm die Dinge etwas ernster. — Espi
We talked seriously to one another.
Ми серйозно поговорили. — deniko
ruМы серьёзно поговорили. — Biga
You should seriously consider doing that.
Тобі потрібно серйозно розглянути можливість зробити це. — deniko
Tom still isn't taking us seriously.
Том все ще не сприймає нас всерйоз. — deniko
ruТом всё ещё не принимает нас всерьёз. — marafon
Tom always takes things so seriously.
Том завжди все сприймає дуже серйозно. — deniko
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