What does Severely mean?

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. badly, severely, gravely, seriouslyadverb

    to a severe or serious degree

    "fingers so badly frozen they had to be amputated"; "badly injured"; "a severely impaired heart"; "is gravely ill"; "was seriously ill"

  2. sternly, severelyadverb

    with sternness; in a severe manner

    "`No,' she said sternly"; "peered severely over her glasses"

  3. hard, severelyadverb

    causing great damage or hardship

    "industries hit hard by the depression"; "she was severely affected by the bank's failure"

Wiktionary

  1. severelyadverb

    In a severe manner.

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. Severelyadverb

    Etymology: from severe.

    We have wasted our strength to attain ends different from those for which we undertook the war, and often to effect others which after a peace, we may severely repent. Jonathan Swift.

    More formidable Hydra stands within;
    Whose jaws with iron teeth severely grin. Dryd.

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  1. severely

    Severely is an adverb that typically means to a degree that is extremely serious, grievous, or harsh. It can also indicate high intensity, rigorousness, sternness, or strictness. It is often used to quantify or qualify the magnitude, extent, or degree of something, usually a negative condition or circumstance.

British National Corpus

  1. Adverbs Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'Severely' in Adverbs Frequency: #314

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of Severely in Chaldean Numerology is: 3

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of Severely in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3

Examples of Severely in a Sentence

  1. Peter Cairns:

    In some cases, you're protecting already severely degraded landscapes. If we could replace protection with restoration or recovery then This British farm would be This British farm, the perception is that Scotland is a wilderness.

  2. Mahtowin Munro:

    We'll have a speaker from a tribal community in Louisiana that has been severely impacted by climate collapse, and specifically by Hurricane Ida, we'll have somebody who's just come back from COP26 talk about how Indigenous people were largely excluded from that( the event) and how world leaders are refusing to listen to what Indigenous people everywhere are saying about what needs to be done to address climate justice.

  3. World Athletics president Sebastian Coe:

    I am in constant contact with athletes around the world and I know that many are experiencing financial hardship as a consequence of the shutdown of most international sports competition in the last two months, our professional athletes rely on prize money as part of their income and we're mindful that our competition season, on both the track and road, is being severely impacted by the pandemic.

  4. Mary Fowkes:

    Most of the cases are pretty straightforward, the lungs are usually so severely involved with pathology, so they are two to three times or more the normal weight of a normal lung.

  5. John Blandford:

    I saw the effect in 1996. People were living with advanced AIDS and near death. They got access to these drugs, and we saw this transformation. People came back from being severely ill to thriving, gaining weight, going back to work. It was a challenge not seeing that happen in the African continent where the need was greatest.

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