as in extremely
to a great degree
that's some seriously good pie
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Recent Examples of seriously
The hospital took the threat seriously enough to partially evacuate the building while Nassau cops searched for bombs.
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John Annese, New York Daily News, 19 Feb. 2025
Last month’s fires destroyed or seriously damaged more than 12,000 homes, but didn’t wipe away the obligation homeowners have to pay their mortgages.
—Andrew Khouri, Los Angeles Times, 19 Feb. 2025
Connell had been talking seriously about becoming a paralegal.
—Ariane Lange, Sacramento Bee, 17 Feb. 2025
If you’re getting seriously tempted to swap a maximalist life for a simpler, more minimalist setup, check out six more tiny homes on Amazon below.
—Claudia Fisher, Parents, 17 Feb. 2025
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John Annese, New York Daily News, 19 Feb. 2025
Last month’s fires destroyed or seriously damaged more than 12,000 homes, but didn’t wipe away the obligation homeowners have to pay their mortgages.
—Andrew Khouri, Los Angeles Times, 19 Feb. 2025
Connell had been talking seriously about becoming a paralegal.
—Ariane Lange, Sacramento Bee, 17 Feb. 2025
If you’re getting seriously tempted to swap a maximalist life for a simpler, more minimalist setup, check out six more tiny homes on Amazon below.
—Claudia Fisher, Parents, 17 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for seriously
Adverb
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In extremely inaccessible areas, helicopters may drop firefighters with dry tools like rakes to impede the fire’s spread.—
Charlie Campbell / Melbourne and Canberra,
TIME,
19 Feb. 2025
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Bacteria pneumonia can spread to the bloodstream and cause sepsis, which is extremely dangerous and can be quickly fatal.—
Katia Hetter,
CNN,
19 Feb. 2025
Adverb
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The team struggles terribly from 3-point range, averaging a league-worst 30.6 percent.—
The Athletic NBA Staff,
The Athletic,
14 Feb. 2025
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Cosmic bookmakers don’t make an impact terribly likely.—
Jeffrey Kluger,
TIME,
14 Feb. 2025
Adverb
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Next month, the Academy will dutifully hand out Oscars to an array of very deserving, very human winners.—
Patrick Ryan,
USA TODAY,
20 Feb. 2025
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This very small agency, established in 1985 in response to a number of terrorist attacks and threats around the world including the deadly 1983 bombings of the U.S. embassy and Marine barracks in Beirut, operates in every corner of the globe.—
Donald J. Mihalek,
ABC News,
19 Feb. 2025
Adverb
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But the case for curiosity remains incredibly strong.—
Andrew Geesbreght,
Forbes,
25 Feb. 2025
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The actress worked with celebrity stylist Molly Dickson, who, much like Sydney Sweeney herself, is incredibly hard-working and therefore, always booked.—
Aamina Inayat Khan,
StyleCaster,
25 Feb. 2025
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In some locales like Bali, the trendy cafes and other businesses popular among foreigners are too expensive for locals who earn a daily minimum wage of about $10.—
Kathleen Wong,
USA TODAY,
18 Feb. 2025
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From the looks of their business book, there is still too much non-serious investing, lots of buying of any kind of any crypto and all sorts of options.—
Jim Cramer,
CNBC,
18 Feb. 2025
Adverb
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Those are really very interesting itineraries that are still very popular.—
Nathan Diller,
USA TODAY,
22 Feb. 2025
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For most of the season (and really his career), he's been a cone on defense, and the consistent iso high elbow post ups is just not efficient basketball anymore.—
Eric Nehm,
The Athletic,
21 Feb. 2025
Adverb
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The addition of about 500 new jobs will have a significant impact on the area’s employment and economic landscapes, Sada said, noting that the chamber doesn’t anticipate these positions to be highly specialized roles.—
Shawn Raymundo,
The Arizona Republic,
16 Feb. 2025
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And will assuredly remain so, barring a highly unexpected climb up the standings from a team that has been unsteady all season.—
Ira Winderman,
Sun Sentinel,
15 Feb. 2025
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Older folks tend to be the most at risk, with about 700 people 65 and older dying so far this year from the common virus.—
Harriet Blair Rowan,
The Mercury News,
23 Feb. 2025
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But … so was Alexandar Georgiev after Game 1 in Winnipeg.—
Corey Masisak,
The Denver Post,
22 Feb. 2025
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“Seriously.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/seriously. Accessed 1 Mar. 2025.
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