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seriously

adv
/ˈsɪə.ɹi.əs.li/UK/ˈsɪɹ.i.əs.li/US

Etymology

From Middle English seriously, sereously, ceryously, seryowslech (“earnestly”), equivalent to serious + -ly.

  1. inherited from seriously

Definitions

  1. In a serious or literal manner.

    • He was hoping that we would take him seriously.
    • Jimmy jokingly called Bob a doofus. Bob took the insult seriously.
    • “I’ll qualify the statement, then,” she answered, with a laugh. “We have known each other for two ages—hers and mine. But seriously we are as dear to each other as sisters, and now that I am going to lose her I am almost heartbroken.”

  2. Gravely

    Gravely; deeply; very much.

    • That was a seriously unpleasant thing to say.

  3. Used to attempt to introduce a serious point in a less serious conversation.

    • Now, seriously, why did you forget to feed the cat today?
  4. ›+ 2 more definitions

    1. Used to call back to a previous point, in disbelief or for emphasis.

      • You baked ten (10) cakes. Seriously, why did you do that?

    2. In an extreme or major way

      In an extreme or major way; majorly.

      • Unless you're seriously strapped (armed), you're about to be not okay too.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at seriously. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

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A definitional loop anchored at seriously. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

7 hops · closes at seriously

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA