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

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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. George Kendall:

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

2. Bill Richard:

   I saw a little boy who had his body severely damaged by an explosion, and I just knew from what I saw that there was no chance.

3. John Podesta:

   We got off track very severely for the last four years with a climate denier in the Oval Office, we enter the international arena with a credibility deficit.

4. The Canadian Chamber of Commerce:

   Canada's supply chains are being severely damaged by the continuing interruptions.

5. Chris Jarvis:

   A severely oversold and shorted oil market is creating a bid for covering in U.S. crude.

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