Definition: 1. To a severe or serious degree. 2. With sternness; in a severe manner. 3. Causing great damage or hardship.
Use 'severely' in a sentence:
1. He suggested that the current arrangements for the care of severely mentally ill people are inadequate to meet their needs.
2. The current arrangements for the care of severely mentally ill people are inadequate to meet their needs.
3. Her dress is severely plain.
4. The UN wants to send food aid to 10 countries in Africa severely affected by the drought.
5. The doctor is dieting me severely.
6. His caretakers labelled him severely disabled.
7. The troops were severely mauled and lost a quarter of their strength before evacuating the island.
8. Nearly a third of the children were severely underweight.
9. "You knew it must come to this, sooner or later, Toad," the Badger explained severely.
10. The right side of my brain had been so severely bruised that I was comatose for a month.
11. The officers were severely reprimanded for their unprofessional behaviour.
12. The accident left the boy severely brain-damaged and almost totally reliant on others.
13. However, in comparison with the machining accuracy of foreign CNC machining center, there is a tremendous gap in the machining accuracy, which severely impedes our development of manufacture.
14. Alum is abused severely in fried bread stick of breakfast on the market of Jinan.
15. I am going to mobilise public opinion sufficiently to bring to the very top of the nation's conservation agenda the severely endangered species I have in mind.
16. His powers will be severely curtailed.
17. Most of them get caught sooner or later, and they are dealt with severely by the courts.
18. The strain in a long term of years has told severely on his health.
19. Their plane had been severely buffeted by storms.
20. Fans who make trouble during the World Cup will be severely dealt with.
21. The problem was finally, though not conclusively, identified as a severely pinched nerve.
22. Spending on books has been severely curtailed.
23. The army evidently fears that, under him, its activities would be severely circumscribed.
24. He severely injured his ankle in a collision at home plate.
25. Those elements that allowed Borlaug's projects to succeed, such as well-organized economies and transportation and irrigation systems, were severely lacking throughout Africa.
26. Violent games should be restricted, otherwise they would severely pollute our children's minds.
27. The American continent's geography severely limited the lines of attack.
28. An aircraft overshot the runway and was severely damaged.
29. The drought has severely disrupted agricultural production.
30. Her hair was tied severely in a bun.
31. Those who openly defy the law have been severely punished.
32. Local economies, domestic water supplies, and certain types of recreation all would be severely impacted by destruction of these dams.
33. He was wounded in both legs and severely peppered with shrapnel.
34. Most native mammal species have been severely depleted.
35. If this warming up took place, the ice caps in the poles would begin to melt, thus raising sea level several metres and severely flooding coastal cities.
36. Fog severely restricted visibility.
37. Unless you were prepared to pay, they were increasingly difficult to obtain for any but the most severely disabled.
38. Those responsible for this crime will be severely punished.
39. Tony emerged unscathed apart from a severely bruised finger.
40. Foul play will be severely penalized.
41. The North American continent's geography severely limited the lines of attack.
42. Food supplies were severely depleted.
43. A British battleship, which had been damaged severely in the battle of Crete, came limping into Pearl Harbor.
44. His blood pressure had dropped severely.
45. The landscape has been radically altered, severely damaging wildlife.
46. I escaped with severely bruised legs.
47. The government will be severely bruised by yesterday's events.
48. He was diagnosed as severely dyslexic but extraordinarily bright.
