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
The Piano Lesson cannot be taken seriously after the insight and beauty of Mike Leigh’s Hard Truths.
—
Armond White, National Review, 27 Dec. 2024
With a flailing Jo Koy at the helm, the Golden Globes’ party seriously fizzled: Not even the dissolution of the Hollywood Foreign Press Assn.
—Los Angeles Times Staff, Los Angeles Times, 27 Dec. 2024
Her latest album 143 seriously underperformed, and even a recent deluxe edition release may not be enough to turn the title into the win that the singer-songwriter and her label were surely hoping for.
—Hugh McIntyre, Forbes, 27 Dec. 2024
Simone Biles takes her WAGS game day style seriously while supporting husband Jonathan Owens.
—Angel Saunders, People.com, 27 Dec. 2024
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Armond White, National Review, 27 Dec. 2024
With a flailing Jo Koy at the helm, the Golden Globes’ party seriously fizzled: Not even the dissolution of the Hollywood Foreign Press Assn.
—Los Angeles Times Staff, Los Angeles Times, 27 Dec. 2024
Her latest album 143 seriously underperformed, and even a recent deluxe edition release may not be enough to turn the title into the win that the singer-songwriter and her label were surely hoping for.
—Hugh McIntyre, Forbes, 27 Dec. 2024
Simone Biles takes her WAGS game day style seriously while supporting husband Jonathan Owens.
—Angel Saunders, People.com, 27 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 30 Dec. 2024.
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