seriously
[ˈsɪriəsli]
Definition:
1. In a serious manner.
2. To a severe or serious degree.
'seriously' example sentence:
- The candidate was seriously damaged by the sleaze factor.
- Her father is seriously ill in St Luke's hospital.
- He has forfeited his right to be taken seriously.
- The animals were seriously maltreated.
- You're not seriously expecting me to believe that?
- He was amused to see how seriously she took the game.
- They recognized the need to take the problem seriously.
- Forty-one people are said to have been seriously hurt.
- She was seriously ill as an infant.
- You must take the whole project more seriously if you are to succeed.
- It criticizes the main contractor for seriously erring in its estimates.
- They spoke to me very seriously but politely.
- The doctor reassured him that there was nothing seriously wrong.
- The government has been criticized for not taking the problem seriously.
- Food waste is a growing problem and we, either farmers or food sellers or customers, must take this problem more seriously and do what we can to help.
- He's seriously underrated as a writer.
- Unfortunately, no one took my opinion seriously.
- Employees will generally be more cooperative if their views are taken seriously.
- Are you seriously jealous of Erica?
- We didn't fully appreciate that he was seriously ill.
- This could seriously injure the company's reputation.
- The inquiry found that the company had seriously underspent on safety equipment.
- In November 1941 Payne was seriously ill with pneumonia.
- It alarms me that nobody takes this problem seriously.
- We take threats of this kind very seriously.
- They are seriously concerned about security.
- Most teachers, I'm glad to say, take their jobs very seriously.
- It's a mercy she wasn't seriously hurt.
- Don't take her seriously—it's all an act.
- Seriously though, it could be really dangerous.
- Though seriously ill, he still clings tenaciously to life.
- That one mistake seriously endangered the future of the company.
- They're seriously rich.
- I wish you'd take me seriously.
- He isn't seriously injured but he is in shock.
- Nothing will be done because no one in authority takes the matter seriously.
- It made a refreshing change to be taken seriously for once.
- The abuse of women needs to be treated seriously and sensitively.
- 50 people were seriously wounded in the attack.
- Why can't you ever take anything seriously?
- They had seriously miscalculated the effect of inflation.
- It was punk that first moved him to join a band seriously.
- Smoking can seriously damage your health.
- Smoking seriously damages your health.