seriously
/ˈsɪɹ.i.əs.li/ adverb A2- In a serious or literal manner. · He was hoping that we would take him seriously.· Jimmy jokingly called Bob a doofus. Bob took the insult seriously.
- Gravely; deeply; very much. · That was a seriously unpleasant thing to say.
- Used to attempt to introduce a serious point in a less serious conversation. · Now, seriously, why did you forget to feed the cat today?
- Used to call back to a previous point, in disbelief or for emphasis. · You baked ten (10) cakes. Seriously, why did you do that?
- In an extreme or major way; majorly. · Unless you're seriously strapped (armed), you're about to be not okay too.
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Here sat Marilla Cuthbert, when she sat at all, always slightly distrustful of sunshine, which seemed to her too dancing and irresponsible a thing for a world which was meant to be taken seriously; and here she sat now, knitting, and the table behind her was laid for supper.
“No; but she wasn’t always so good as she is now either,” said Anne seriously.
Miss Barry asked me what my opinion was, but I said I would have to think it over very seriously before I could tell her what I really thought.
Diana and I are thinking seriously of promising each other that we will never marry but be nice old maids and live together forever.
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