Definition: 1. In a serious manner. 2. To a severe or serious degree.
Use 'seriously' in a sentence:
1. The candidate was seriously damaged by the sleaze factor.
2. Her father is seriously ill in St Luke's hospital.
3. He has forfeited his right to be taken seriously.
4. The animals were seriously maltreated.
5. You're not seriously expecting me to believe that?
6. He was amused to see how seriously she took the game.
7. They recognized the need to take the problem seriously.
8. Forty-one people are said to have been seriously hurt.
9. She was seriously ill as an infant.
10. You must take the whole project more seriously if you are to succeed.
11. It criticizes the main contractor for seriously erring in its estimates.
12. They spoke to me very seriously but politely.
13. The doctor reassured him that there was nothing seriously wrong.
14. The government has been criticized for not taking the problem seriously.
15. 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.
16. He's seriously underrated as a writer.
17. Unfortunately, no one took my opinion seriously.
18. Employees will generally be more cooperative if their views are taken seriously.
19. Are you seriously jealous of Erica?
20. We didn't fully appreciate that he was seriously ill.
21. This could seriously injure the company's reputation.
22. The inquiry found that the company had seriously underspent on safety equipment.
23. In November 1941 Payne was seriously ill with pneumonia.
24. It alarms me that nobody takes this problem seriously.
25. We take threats of this kind very seriously.
26. They are seriously concerned about security.
27. Most teachers, I'm glad to say, take their jobs very seriously.
28. It's a mercy she wasn't seriously hurt.
29. Don't take her seriously—it's all an act.
30. Seriously though, it could be really dangerous.
31. Though seriously ill, he still clings tenaciously to life.
32. That one mistake seriously endangered the future of the company.
33. They're seriously rich.
34. I wish you'd take me seriously.
35. He isn't seriously injured but he is in shock.
36. Nothing will be done because no one in authority takes the matter seriously.
37. It made a refreshing change to be taken seriously for once.
38. The abuse of women needs to be treated seriously and sensitively.
39. 50 people were seriously wounded in the attack.
40. Why can't you ever take anything seriously?
41. They had seriously miscalculated the effect of inflation.
42. It was punk that first moved him to join a band seriously.
