seriously

seriously

English

Etymology

From Middle English seriously, sereously, ceryously, seryowslech (“earnestly”), equivalent to serious +‎ -ly.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈsɪəɹi.əsli/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈsɪɹi.əsli/, /ˈsiɹi.əsli/

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Adverb

seriously (comparative more seriously, superlative most seriously)

1. (manner) 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.

2. Gravely; deeply; very much.

   That was a seriously unpleasant thing to say.

3. Used to attempt to introduce a serious point in a less serious conversation.

   Now, seriously, why did you forget to feed the cat today?

   Synonyms: no really, no kidding

4. Used to call back to a previous point, in disbelief or for emphasis.

   Synonyms: no really, no kidding

   You baked 10 cakes. Seriously, why did you do that?

5. (informal) In an extreme or major way; majorly

   Unless you're seriously strapped (armed), you're about to be not okay too.

Derived terms

• srsly (abbreviation)

Translations

in a serious or literal manner

Arabic: بِجِدِّيَّة‎ (bi-jiddiyya) Egyptian Arabic: بجد‎ (begad) South Levantine Arabic: عن جد‎ (ʕan jadd) Belarusian: сур'ё́зна (surʺjózna) Bulgarian: серио́зно (bg) (seriózno) Catalan: seriosament (ca) Chinese: Mandarin: 認真地／认真地 (zh) (rènzhēn de), 鄭重地／郑重地 (zh) (zhèngzhòng de) Czech: vážně (cs) Esperanto: grave (eo), serioze Finnish: vakavasti (fi), tosissaan, vakavissaan (fi) French: sérieusement (fr), gravement (fr) German: ernst (de), ernsthaft (de) Hungarian: komolyan (hu) Italian: seriamente (it), gravemente (it) Japanese: まじに (ja) (maji ni), 真面目に (ja) (まじめに, majime ni), 真剣に (ja) (しんけんに, shinken ni) Latin: sēriō Macedonian: серио́зно (seriózno) Polish: poważnie (pl), na serio (pl), na poważnie, serio (pl) Portuguese: seriamente, a sério Romanian: serios (ro), cu seriozitate Russian: серьёзно (ru) (serʹjózno) Slovak: vážne Spanish: en serio (es), seriamente (es) Swedish: allvarligt (sv), seriöst (sv) Turkish: cidden (tr) Ukrainian: серйо́зно (serjózno) Vietnamese: nghiêm túc (vi)

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Chinese: Mandarin: 說真的／说真的 French: sérieux (fr) Hungarian: na de komolyan Norwegian: serr, seriøst Polish: poważnie (pl), na serio (pl), na poważnie, serio (pl), autentyk (pl) (colloquial) Portuguese: a sério Romanian: serios (ro), pe bune Spanish: en serio (es)

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