seriously
adverb (seriously)
Everyday
- Seriously means in a serious way, not joking: Take your homework seriously. tree →
- Seriously means very badly: seriously hurt. tree →
- «Seriously?» is said when you are surprised or cannot believe something. tree →
In the lessons
In safety lessons: take warnings seriously, and get help fast if someone is seriously hurt (call emergency services). In stories and conversation, «seriously?» shows surprise or annoyance. Phrases: take seriously, seriously ill, seriously injured, seriously though.
Examples
- Please take fire drills seriously. tree →
- He was seriously hurt in the fall. tree →
- Are you seriously eating ice cream for breakfast? tree →
- Seriously, I am not joking! tree →
- She takes her swimming very seriously. tree →
- The storm seriously damaged the roof. tree →
- Seriously? We have a test today? tree →
- Think seriously before you answer. tree →
- He turned round anew, firmly convinced that he was seriously ill. tree →
Note
Adjective: serious. Spelled serious + ly. Opposite: jokingly, lightly. «Seriously?» as a one-word question is informal; avoid it in school writing.
On Mova
- Trees and pragmatics of «seriously» in the school dictionary: every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- «seriously» in the school dictionary on Mova free.
This page in Markdown → https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/seriously/