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▪ I. † ˈseriously, adv.1 Obs.
Also 4–5 ceryous-, -ious-.
[Rendering of med.L. seriōsē, used as adv. of seri-ēs series; cf. seriatim, seriatly.]
In due order or sequence; from beginning to end; one after another, seriatim.
c1386Chaucer Man of Law's T. 87 Thise Marchantz han hym toold of dame Custance So greet noblesse in ernest ceriously. c1407Lydg. Reson & Sens. 5442 There namys by and by Be rehersed ceriously. 1412–20― Chron. Troy i. 1449 Whan þe kyng had herd ceryously Þentent of Iason. 1463Ashry Prisoner's Refl. 313 Redyng thys tretyse ceryously. 1513Life Hen. V (1911) 79 And 6 Earles wth 470 speares, and 1420 archers, whose names seriouslie hereafter ensewe. 1531Elyot Gov. ii. viii, Nowe will I procede seriously, and in a due forme to speke more particulerly of these thre vertues. c1611Chapman Iliad x. 361 And this (said Dolon) too (my Lords) Ile seriously unfold.
▪ II. seriously, adv.2|ˈsɪərɪəslɪ|
[f. serious a. + -ly2.]
In a serious manner.
1. With earnest thought or application; with serious intent; in earnest, earnestly; with gravity; not lightly, superficially, or jocosely.
Sometimes ellipt. introducing a qualifying statement or a question = to speak seriously.
1509Fisher Funl. Serm. C'tess Richm. Wks. (1876) 294 Tho dayes that by the chirche were appoynted she kept them diligently & sereously. a1548Hall Chron., Edw. IV 225 Kyng Edward and his counsaill tooke the matter in great earnest, and seriously wrote to Duke Charles, that [etc.]. 1576Fleming Panopl. Epist. 62 By the remembrance and thinking vpon the same seriously. 1601Shakes. All's Well ii. i. 84 If seriously I may conuay my thoughts In this my light deliuerance. 1617Moryson Itin. i. 242 This I beleeved not, till..the English Merchants..seriously affirmed the same to be true. 1624Gataker Transubst. 15 It is absurd..to call a thing seriously (for in mockery indeed sometime we doe) by the name of some other thing. 1644Symonds Diary (Camden) 67 Except here and there an officer, (and seriously I saw not above three or four that looked like a gentleman). 1650Baxter Saint's R. iii. vi. 368 If one fall down in a swoun..how seriously will you run to relieve..them. 1706E. Ward Wooden World Diss. (1708) 27 When he's sober again, he seriously curses the Freedom of his Tongue. 1711Addison Spect. No. 89 ⁋4, I would have them seriously think on the Shortness of their Time. 1818Scott Hrt. Midl. xxxiv, As you seem to be a seriously disposed young woman, you may attend family worship in the hall this evening. 1849Macaulay Hist. Eng. ii. I. 165 Seriously impressed by religious convictions. 1872Ruskin Eagle's Nest §104 Quite seriously, all the vital functions..rise and set with the sun. 1907H. Wyndham Flare of Footlights xxiii, Seriously, though, what ought I to do?
b. Phr. to take seriously (cf. take v. 42): to be serious in one's dealings with, or attitude towards.
1782F. Burney Cecilia iv. xi, ‘Dear Mrs. Delvile’, cried Lady Honoria, giddily, ‘you take me too seriously’. ‘And dear Lady Honoria’, said Mrs. Delvile, ‘I would it were possible to make you take yourself seriously’. 1889Cornh. Mag. Dec. 573 It is really time..that you took things more seriously.
2. To a serious extent.
1765R. Rigby in Jesse Selwyn & Contemp. (1843) I. 365, I should be seriously sorry that March should suffer for want of attention to his master. 1825Scott Talism. iii, ‘Help, Nazarene!’ cried Sheerkohf, now seriously alarmed. 1868E. Edwards Ralegh I. iv. 59 The Earl fell more seriously than before under the Queen's anger. 1886Act 49 & 50 Vict. c. 55 Preamble, The health of many young persons employed in shops and warehouses is seriously injured by reason of the length of the period of employment.
Add:[2.] b. As an intensifier: very, really; substantially. Esp. as seriously rich. colloq. (orig. U.S.).
1981Washington Post 7 June k8/6 He became seriously rich, but in 1977 experienced a mid-wealth crisis. 1987Observer 22 Feb. 53/7 The World of Interiors, where an antique curtain tassel could cost a couple of hundred. Seriously rich. Seriously cool. 1990New Musical Express 28 July 48/6 (Advt.), Seriously attractive young lady (24) seeks interesting friends all ages. |