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
Yet is anyone seriously going to suggest that a 3% pay raise is out of line given the Consumer Price Index rose 3.4% for the 12 months ending in October?
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Baltimore Sun Editorial Board, Baltimore Sun, 15 Dec. 2024
In February 2021, an ice storm with accompanying snow brought seriously cold weather to all 254 counties in the state.
—Michael Barnes, Austin American-Statesman, 15 Dec. 2024
Take it seriously, says Chandri Navarro, senior counsel at the law firm Baker & McKenzie’s international commercial and trade practice.
—Peter Green, Quartz, 15 Dec. 2024
Thankfully, Eilish appears to be OK following being pelted in the face, but others have been seriously injured, like Bebe Rexha, who needed three stitches after she got hit by an iPhone someone threw at her face while performing in 2023.
—Althea Legaspi, Rolling Stone, 14 Dec. 2024
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Baltimore Sun Editorial Board, Baltimore Sun, 15 Dec. 2024
In February 2021, an ice storm with accompanying snow brought seriously cold weather to all 254 counties in the state.
—Michael Barnes, Austin American-Statesman, 15 Dec. 2024
Take it seriously, says Chandri Navarro, senior counsel at the law firm Baker & McKenzie’s international commercial and trade practice.
—Peter Green, Quartz, 15 Dec. 2024
Thankfully, Eilish appears to be OK following being pelted in the face, but others have been seriously injured, like Bebe Rexha, who needed three stitches after she got hit by an iPhone someone threw at her face while performing in 2023.
—Althea Legaspi, Rolling Stone, 14 Dec. 2024
See all Example Sentences for seriously
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“Seriously.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/seriously. Accessed 22 Dec. 2024.
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