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synonyms for serious
- deliberate
- genuine
- honest
- severe
- sincere
- thoughtful
- sober
- austere
- bound
- bound and determined
- businesslike
- cold sober
- contemplative
- deadpan
- determined
- downbeat
- earnest
- funereal
- go for broke
- grave
- grim
- intent
- long-faced
- meditative
- no-nonsense
- pensive
- pokerfaced
- reflective
- resolute
- resolved
- sedate
- set
- solemn
- staid
- steady
- stern
- unhumorous
- unsmiling
- weighty
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How to use serious in a sentence
The pulps brought new readers to serious fiction, making it less intimidating with alluring art and low prices.
I like the idea of Jon Hamm… There have been discussions—though I'm not sure how serious they've been.
‘Archer’ Creator Adam Reed Spills Season 6 Secrets, From Surreal Plotlines to Life Post-ISIS | Marlow Stern | January 8, 2015 | THE DAILY BEASTWhatever the reason, and however absurd their beliefs may seem, American evangelicals are deadly serious.
He said it was okay, that he had been busy too… busy fighting serious intestinal problems.
The Story Behind Lee Marvin’s Liberty Valance Smile | Robert Ward | January 3, 2015 | THE DAILY BEASTThe “nature of the crime” was too serious to release him, they said.
His First Day Out Of Jail After 40 Years: Adjusting To Life Outside | Justin Rohrlich | January 3, 2015 | THE DAILY BEASTJoe looked at her with a smile, his face still solemn and serious for all its youth and the fires of new-lit hope behind his eyes.
The Bondboy | George W. (George Washington) OgdenIt is the dramatic impulse of childhood endeavouring to bring life into the dulness of the serious hours.
Children's Ways | James SullyBetween South and North, the probabilities of a serious, and no very distant rupture, are strong and manifest.
Never then was there a moment in which there was greater need for sane and serious thought.
The Unsolved Riddle of Social Justice | Stephen LeacockThough the amount played for is serious, a good deal of rather bald conversation and chaff goes on.
The Pit Town Coronet, Volume I (of 3) | Charles James Wills
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