Definitions for severely
severe·ly

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

1. 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"

2. sternly, severely(adverb)

   with sternness; in a severe manner

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

3. hard, severely(adverb)

   causing great damage or hardship

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

Wiktionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. severely(Adverb)

   In a severe manner.

British National Corpus

1. Adverbs Frequency

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

How to pronounce severely?

1. 

   Alex

   US English

   

   Daniel

   British

   

   Karen

   Australian

   

   Veena

   Indian

How to say severely in sign language?

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. Jake Fraser:

   Greater transparency is severely needed.

2. President Dilma Rousseff:

   We are severely punishing those responsible for this tragedy.

3. Andrew Baird:

   Reef resilience is now severely compromised by global warming.

4. Devendra Singh Tak:

   Information about remote areas is severely lacking at this time.

5. George Kendall:

   Mr. Woodfox has been very severely punished, and enough's enough.

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