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单词 seriously
释义
seriously
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adv

When you do something seriously, you do it earnestly or thoughtfully. If you seriously consider walking the Appalachian Trail, it means that you put real effort and thought into contemplating such a trip.
If your boss speaks seriously to you, you know she means what she's saying, and if you think seriously about what a fortune teller told you, it means that you really consider what she said your future might bring. You can also use seriously to mean significantly, or to a worrying degree, like being seriously ill with the flu. Informally, seriously also means very or truly, like when you are seriously hungry.
WORD FAMILY
serious: overserious, seriouser, seriousest, seriously, seriousness+/overserious: overseriously/seriousness: seriousnesses
USAGE EXAMPLES
We live in the same city, and are close. he day the baby was born, doctors thought she might be seriously ill.
Washington Post(Dec 22, 2016)
The blaze was extinguished swiftly by other people at the scene, but the man was seriously injured.
Seattle Times(Jan 02, 2017)
Her husband was wounded, she added, but not seriously.
New York Times(Jan 01, 2017)
1adv in a serious manner
a play dealing seriously with the question of divorce
Syn
earnestly, in earnest
2adv to a severe or serious degree
was seriously ill
Syn
badly, gravely, severely
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