"seriously" meaning in English

See seriously in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adverb

IPA: /ˈsɪəɹi.əsli/ [UK], /ˈsɪəɹ.əsli/ [UK] (note: in rapid speech), /ˈsɪɹi.əsli/ [US], /ˈsiɹi.əsli/ [US] Audio: en-us-seriously.ogg Forms: more seriously [comparative], most seriously [superlative]
Etymology: From Middle English seriously, sereously, ceryously, seryowslech (“earnestly”), equivalent to serious + -ly. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|seriously}} Middle English seriously, {{af|en|serious|-ly|id2=adverbial}} serious + -ly Head templates: {{en-adv}} seriously (comparative more seriously, superlative most seriously)
  1. (manner) In a serious or literal manner. Translations (in a serious or literal manner): بِجِدِّيَّة (bi-jiddiyya) (Arabic), بجد (begad) [Egyptian-Arabic] (Arabic), من جد (min jidd) [Hijazi-Arabic] (Arabic), عن جد (ʕan jadd) [South-Levantine-Arabic] (Arabic), сур'ё́зна (surʺjózna) (Belarusian), серио́зно (seriózno) (Bulgarian), seriosament (Catalan), 認真地 (Chinese Mandarin), 认真地 (rènzhēn de) (Chinese Mandarin), 鄭重地 (Chinese Mandarin), 郑重地 (zhèngzhòng de) (Chinese Mandarin), vážně (Czech), grave (Esperanto), serioze (Esperanto), vakavasti (Finnish), tosissaan (Finnish), vakavissaan (Finnish), sérieusement (French), gravement (French), ernst (German), ernsthaft (German), komolyan (Hungarian), seriamente (Italian), gravemente (Italian), まじに (maji ni) (Japanese), 真面目に (majime ni) (alt: まじめに) (Japanese), 真剣に (shinken ni) (alt: しんけんに) (Japanese), sēriō (Latin), серио́зно (seriózno) (Macedonian), poważnie (Polish), na serio (Polish), na poważnie (Polish), serio (Polish), seriamente (Portuguese), a sério (Portuguese), serios (Romanian), cu seriozitate (Romanian), серьёзно (serʹjózno) (Russian), vážne (Slovak), en serio (Spanish), seriamente (Spanish), allvarligt (Swedish), seriöst (Swedish), cidden (Turkish), серйо́зно (serjózno) (Ukrainian), nghiêm túc (Vietnamese)
    Sense id: en-seriously-en-adv-lZJUgEPP Topics: manner Disambiguation of 'in a serious or literal manner': 79 3 13 2 3
  2. Gravely; deeply; very much.
    Sense id: en-seriously-en-adv-G-OfZQms Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ly (adverbial), Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Arabic translations, Terms with Belarusian translations, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Catalan translations, Terms with Czech translations, Terms with Esperanto translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Hijazi Arabic translations, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Japanese translations, Terms with Latin translations, Terms with Macedonian translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Norwegian translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Romanian translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Slovak translations, Terms with South Levantine Arabic translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Swedish translations, Terms with Turkish translations, Terms with Ukrainian translations, Terms with Vietnamese translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 16 57 15 10 2 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ly (adverbial): 12 42 21 21 4 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 6 55 19 19 2 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 7 69 10 11 3 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 4 79 9 8 1 Disambiguation of Terms with Arabic translations: 10 57 17 14 3 Disambiguation of Terms with Belarusian translations: 10 54 18 16 3 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 11 54 17 15 3 Disambiguation of Terms with Catalan translations: 9 58 16 14 3 Disambiguation of Terms with Czech translations: 10 54 16 15 4 Disambiguation of Terms with Esperanto translations: 6 68 14 11 1 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 10 54 18 15 3 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 8 55 19 17 1 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 8 56 17 16 3 Disambiguation of Terms with Hijazi Arabic translations: 4 87 5 3 1 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 19 47 15 14 5 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 7 64 15 13 1 Disambiguation of Terms with Japanese translations: 7 64 15 13 1 Disambiguation of Terms with Latin translations: 7 64 15 13 1 Disambiguation of Terms with Macedonian translations: 10 54 18 15 3 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 11 53 15 17 3 Disambiguation of Terms with Norwegian translations: 10 54 18 15 3 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 13 47 20 18 2 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 13 54 18 12 2 Disambiguation of Terms with Romanian translations: 10 54 18 15 3 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 7 64 15 13 1 Disambiguation of Terms with Slovak translations: 10 54 18 15 3 Disambiguation of Terms with South Levantine Arabic translations: 3 91 4 2 0 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 7 67 13 13 1 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 9 58 17 14 2 Disambiguation of Terms with Turkish translations: 9 58 17 14 2 Disambiguation of Terms with Ukrainian translations: 10 56 17 15 3 Disambiguation of Terms with Vietnamese translations: 10 56 17 15 3
  3. Used to attempt to introduce a serious point in a less serious conversation. Synonyms: no really, no kidding, real talk
    Sense id: en-seriously-en-adv-aPoZpfPX
  4. Used to call back to a previous point, in disbelief or for emphasis. Synonyms: no really, no kidding
    Sense id: en-seriously-en-adv-s0SkKDuf
  5. (informal) In an extreme or major way; majorly Tags: informal
    Sense id: en-seriously-en-adv-~mCNNe-X
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: but seriously folks, srsly [abbreviation], take seriously Translations (speech-act): 說真的 (Chinese Mandarin), 说真的 (shuōzhēnde) (Chinese Mandarin), sérieux (French), na de komolyan (Hungarian), serr (Norwegian), seriøst (Norwegian), poważnie (Polish), na serio (Polish), na poważnie (Polish), serio (Polish), autentyk [colloquial] (Polish), a sério (Portuguese), serios (Romanian), pe bune (Romanian), en serio (Spanish)
Disambiguation of 'speech-act': 0 0 0 0 0

Alternative forms

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    "Terms with Belarusian translations",
    "Terms with Bulgarian translations",
    "Terms with Catalan translations",
    "Terms with Czech translations",
    "Terms with Esperanto translations",
    "Terms with Finnish translations",
    "Terms with French translations",
    "Terms with German translations",
    "Terms with Hijazi Arabic translations",
    "Terms with Hungarian translations",
    "Terms with Italian translations",
    "Terms with Japanese translations",
    "Terms with Latin translations",
    "Terms with Macedonian translations",
    "Terms with Mandarin translations",
    "Terms with Norwegian translations",
    "Terms with Polish translations",
    "Terms with Portuguese translations",
    "Terms with Romanian translations",
    "Terms with Russian translations",
    "Terms with Slovak translations",
    "Terms with South Levantine Arabic translations",
    "Terms with Spanish translations",
    "Terms with Swedish translations",
    "Terms with Turkish translations",
    "Terms with Ukrainian translations",
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      "sense": "in a serious or literal manner",
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      "word": "серио́зно"
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      "word": "na serio"
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      "word": "serio"
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      "code": "pt",
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      "word": "a sério"
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      "code": "tr",
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      "code": "cmn",
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      "sense": "speech-act",
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      "code": "pl",
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This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable English dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-12-21 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-12-04 using wiktextract (d8cb2f3 and 4e554ae). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.