What is another word for seriously?
Synonyms for seriously
se·ri·ous·ly
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Princeton's WordNet
seriously, earnestly, in earnestadverb
in a serious manner
"talking earnestly with his son"; "she started studying snakes in earnest"; "a play dealing seriously with the question of divorce"
Synonyms:
earnestly, badly, in earnest, severely, gravelybadly, 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"
Synonyms:
mischievously, badly, poorly, severely, bad, disadvantageously, sternly, ill, gravely, staidly, hard, naughtily, soberly, in earnest, earnestly
Editors Contribution
periyot
meaning what's being stated
i'm not smoking cigarettes that's it periyot
PPDB, the paraphrase database
List of paraphrases for "seriously":
severely, gravely, serious, conscientiously, earnestly, badly, severe, critically, deeply, meticulously, carefully, grave, really, heavily, strongly, hard, earnest, dangerously
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Words popularity by usage frequency
| ranking | word | |
|---|---|---|
| #472 | really | |
| #596 | hard | |
| #841 | bad | |
| #2107 | serious | |
| #3964 | severe | |
| #4215 | carefully | |
| #4254 | strongly | |
| #4320 | ill | |
| #4587 | seriously | |
| #7216 | heavily | |
| #7529 | deeply | |
| #8065 | grave | |
| #9700 | badly | |
| #10329 | poorly | |
| #11616 | severely | |
| #13316 | critically | |
| #17693 | earnest | |
| #28433 | dangerously | |
| #36282 | meticulously | |
| #38786 | earnestly | |
| #40402 | gravely | |
| #56650 | sternly | |
| #76074 | conscientiously | |
| #116572 | soberly | |
| #154702 | mischievously |
How to use seriously in a sentence?
Prisons Director Michael Carvajal:
I take it very seriously when we're going to put people in their cells and restrict movement. That's not healthy, that's not good either, and I'd like to think that that's the last resort.
If David Cameron still wants to be taken seriously personally and politically in the fight against tax fraud and tax evasion, Britain needs to close the loopholes in its own country immediately.
We have taken these allegations very seriously... Handed over the information presented to us to three independent world-class anti-doping experts for their analysis and expert opinion, their view on the basis of what has been presented to us is that there is no proof of doping and Servais continues to maintain his innocence.
When the president of the IOC raises something you all take it seriously of course, we have no history of (mixed-gender events) in our sport so we would have to look at how we could make those things work.
While we are disappointed by CMS' decision, we take these matters very seriously and are committed to fully resolving all outstanding issues.
Translations for seriously
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- جديةArabic
- сур'ёзнаBelarusian
- сериозноBulgarian
- seriosamentCatalan, Valencian
- vážněCzech
- ernsthaft, ernstGerman
- grave, seriozeEsperanto
- en serioSpanish
- vakavasti, tosissaan, vakavissaanFinnish
- sérieusement, gravement, sérieuxFrench
- komolyanHungarian
- gravemente, seriamenteItalian
- 真面目, まじ, 真剣Japanese
- poważniePolish
- seriamente, a sérioPortuguese
- серьёзноRussian
- vážneSlovak
- allvarligt, seriöstSwedish
- தீவிரமாகTamil
- ciddenTurkish
- серйозноUkrainian
- nghiêm túcVietnamese
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