SERIOUSLY in a Sentence
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420 example sentences for SERIOUSLY, such as:
1. Tom was seriously maimed in the war.
2. He looked down at the baby seriously.
3. They are seriously concerned about security.
4. His current account was seriously overdrawn.
5. Intensive care is given to the seriously ill.
2. He looked down at the baby seriously.
3. They are seriously concerned about security.
4. His current account was seriously overdrawn.
5. Intensive care is given to the seriously ill.
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Meanings and Examples of SERIOUSLY
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seriously
ad. in a serious manner
ad. to a severe or serious degree
Classic Sentence: (210 in 15 pages)
1 She was quick to learn, but forgetful and dreamy, and not disposed to take the matter seriously.
2 Most small people who take themselves seriously are a little ridiculous; but the bantam cock is respected in the barnyard, and so it was with Gerald.
3 Charles' aunt, Miss Pittypat Hamilton, had written her several times, urging her to permit Scarlett to come to Atlanta for a long visit, and now for the first time Ellen considered it seriously.
4 Charles' Uncle Henry Hamilton, who lived in bachelor state at the Atlanta Hotel near the depot, also talked seriously to her on this subject.
5 These men began straggling in, singly and in groups, the less seriously wounded supporting those who limped and staggered.
6 It did not occur to Scarlett that Carreen had taken Brent's death so seriously and that her grief was unhealed.
7 Should she take him seriously, she would be forced to quarrel with him and she did not care to match swords, for she always came off second best.
8 "No, I can't say they do," he answered seriously, as though giving the matter due thought.
9 Oh, Rhett, you take it so seriously you're funny.
10 She admitted that she was taking herself too seriously; that villagers gape at every one.
11 The presence of the baby had made her take Gopher Prairie and the brown house seriously, as natural places of residence.
12 Well, my dear, if I DID take all your notions seriously, it would be pretty discouraging.
13 He looked down at the baby seriously.
14 As though it was comfortably understood that he did not mean to be taken seriously.
15 She no longer took Aunt Bessie Smail seriously enough to struggle for independence.
Example Sentence: (210 in 15 pages)
1 His current account was seriously overdrawn.
2 Nothing will be done because no one in authority takes the matter seriously.
3 An educational system which fails to teach basic arithmetic is seriously deficient.
4 Tom was seriously maimed in the war.
5 Within a few days she had become seriously ill, suffering great pain and discomfort.
6 You have to wonder how anyone could say that seriously and with a straight face.
7 A young girl and her little brother were seriously hurt when a car ploughed into them on a crossing.
8 They seriously believe that capital punishment is a deterrent.
9 Intensive care is given to the seriously ill.
10 It would clearly be fatal for Europe to quarrel seriously with America.
11 In mitigation, the defence lawyer said his client was seriously depressed at the time of the assault.
12 They are seriously concerned about security.
13 People who took football too seriously aroused deep loathing in me.
14 Over - production is seriously unbalancing the EEC economy.
15 They had seriously miscalculated the effect of inflation.