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se·vere·ly

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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. James Wallace:

    Autumn's doing very well. She was severely dehydrated, had some minor burns, abrasions, several lacerations that were all taken care of and are healing well, she's extremely exhausted and will remain pretty spent for the next couple of days.

  2. 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.

  3. Industry Minister Hiroshige Seko:

    All trade-related actions by Japan are in line with the WTO rules, because our (mutual) trust has severely damaged, we have judged it is difficult to ensure proper export controls are being taken.

  4. Cottie Petrie-Norris:

    It severely cripples law enforcement’s ability to arrest and prosecute human traffickers and sex buyers. If it’s repealed, sex buyers would have immunity.

  5. Amanda Cohn:

    Immunocompromised people are more likely to get severely ill from Covid-19. They are at higher risk for prolonged SARS-CoV-2 infection and shedding and viral evolution during the infection and treatment, particularly amongst hospitalized patients.

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