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seriousness|ˈsɪərɪəsnɪs|
[f. serious a. + -ness.]
The quality or condition of being serious; gravity or earnestness of purpose, thought, or conduct; importance, weightiness. † in seriousness, seriously.
1530Palsgr. 269/2 Seriousnesse, serievseté. 1598Marston Sco. Villanie Prol. B 2 b, Where I but striue in honest seriousnes, To scourge some soule-poluting beastlines. 1607Fletcher Woman Hater i. iii, Sister, in seriousnesse you yet are young And faire. 1662Bk. Com. Prayer, Visit. Sick, That the sense of his weakness may add..seriousness to his repentance. 1700T. Brown tr. Fresny's Amusem. 3 Seriousness and Merriment are near Neighbours. 1725De Foe Voy. round World (1840) 153 The utmost gravity, seriousness, and solemnity in his countenance. 1837Carlyle Fr. Rev. I. iii. ii, Nay, in seriousness, let no man say that Calonne had not genius. 1844S. G. Osborne Let. 23 July (1891) I. 13 Now, Sir, one word in all sober seriousness. 1874Green Short Hist. vii. §7. 417 The seriousness of his [Spenser's] poetic tone reflects the seriousness of his poetic purpose. 1895Law Times XCVIII. 280/1 Plaintiff's counsel dwelt forcibly on the seriousness of the injury, as blighting the plaintiff's whole future career. |