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in all seriousness

ADVERB

seriously

Synonyms

STRONGEST

actively earnestly passionately sincerely vigorously

STRONG

gravely

WEAK

all joking aside cool it cut the comedy determinedly down fervently for real in all conscience in earnest intently purposefully resolutely sedately simmer down soberly solemnly sternly straighten out thoughtfully with a straight face with forethought with sobriety zealously

Antonyms

WEAK

casually funnily lightly minor trivially

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in all seriousness

“I can’t,” the author replied in all seriousness.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 10, 2026

On Twitter, YouTube, Discord and other online platforms, investors are now using the word “addiction” in all seriousness.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 12, 2022

“We are preparing for this in all seriousness, and we have several backup plans,” Aaltonen-Forsell said.

From Reuters ● May 5, 2022

People who start businesses are now referred to, in all seriousness, as "job creators."

From Salon ● Mar. 13, 2021

“Take more than a hundred-foot fall to hurt that boy,” Roy Lee said in all seriousness.

From "October Sky" by Homer Hickam

in all seriousness

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