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seriously
adverb as in not humorously
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all joking aside, cool it, cut the comedy, determinedly, down, fervently, for real, in all conscience, in all seriousness, in earnest, intently, purposefully, resolutely, sedately, simmer down, soberly, solemnly, sternly, straighten out, thoughtfully, with a straight face, with forethought, with sobriety, zealously
adverb as in dangerously, critically
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decidedly, deplorably, distressingly, harmfully, menacingly, perilously, precariously, quite, regrettably, threateningly
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Yet this, in the end, is a book from which one emerges sad, gloomy, disenchanted, at least if we agree to take it seriously.
“They sure took the Sony thing seriously,” Attkisson said dryly.
Although Huckabee's condescending tone - like that of an elementary school history teacher - makes it difficult to take seriously.
If mercy is not preached by a national figure we take seriously, our battles over policy power will grow ever more merciless.
All 101 passengers survived but four were seriously injured.
Mrs. Charmington hastened to spread the report that his Royal Highness was seriously smitten.
Children, like uneducated adults, have been known to take a spectacle on the stage of a theatre too seriously.
If he would take her a little more seriously—it 's an immense pity he married her because she was silly!
Sam buttoned the will carefully in a side pocket; intimating by a look meanwhile, that he did mean it, and very seriously too.
I say "we," because another is mixed up in this business even more seriously than the Kaiser.
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On this page you'll find 74 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to seriously, such as: actively, earnestly, passionately, sincerely, vigorously, and gravely.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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