Definitions for seriously
se·ri·ous·ly

Princeton's WordNet(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. seriously, earnestly, in earnest(adverb)

   in a serious manner

   "talking earnestly with his son"; "she started studying snakes in earnest"; "a play dealing seriously with the question of divorce"

2. badly, severely, gravely, seriously(adverb)

   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"

Wiktionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. seriously(Adverb)

   In a serious or literal manner.

   He was hoping that we would take him seriously.

British National Corpus

1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'seriously' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #1874

2. Written Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'seriously' in Written Corpus Frequency: #1562

3. Adverbs Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'seriously' in Adverbs Frequency: #156

How to pronounce seriously?

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   Alex

   US English

   

   Daniel

   British

   

   Karen

   Australian

   

   Veena

   Indian

How to say seriously in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of seriously in Chaldean Numerology is: 4

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of seriously in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8

Examples of seriously in a Sentence

1. Darren Watt:

   We take our staff training very seriously and are glad to see that it has come to fruition, our customer service is of high importance to us and Jamies selfless act of saving the customers food at no expense to his own safety, has made us very happy indeed. He truly is an outstanding member of staff and we are very grateful to have him!

2. Fred Thompson:

   I told people, I had to get into show business in order to get my political views taken seriously.

3. Paul Hetterich:

   The safety and well-being of consumers is our top priority, and we take matters pertaining to the quality of our products very seriously.

4. Paul Taylor:

   We take preserving the history of our Navy very seriously, the history of the Navy is the history of the nation.

5. Islam Karimov:

   The creeping expansion of militant extremism and religious radicalism, not only on the territory of the governments of Central Asia but also abroad, is most seriously concerning.

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