seriously
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Synonyms & Antonyms for seriously
Synonyms
achingly, almighty, archly, awful, awfully, badly, beastly, blisteringly, bone, colossally, corking, cracking, damn, damned, dang, deadly, desperately, eminently, enormously, especially, ever, exceedingly (also exceeding), extra, extremely, fabulously, fantastically, far, fiercely, filthy, frightfully, full, greatly, heavily, highly, hugely, immensely, incredibly, intensely, jolly, majorly, mightily, mighty, monstrous [chiefly dialect], mortally, most, much, particularly, passing, rattling, real, really, right, roaring, roaringly, severely, so, sore, sorely, spanking, specially, stinking, such, super, supremely, surpassingly, terribly, that, thumping, too, unco, uncommonly, vastly, very, vitally, way, whacking, wicked, wildly
Antonyms
little, negligibly, nominally, slightly, somewhat
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Scott, who has coached youth baseball for 27 years, takes his coaching seriously. — Mike Nortrup, baltimoresun.com/maryland/carroll, "Rec Sports Spotlight: Manchester Blue Sox thrive as a ‘winning club’," 31 Aug. 2019 And who took Humpty Dumpty seriously in the long run? — Sarah Lyall, New York Times, "Trump’s Twitter War on Spelling," 31 Aug. 2019 On Friday, Boston Superintendent Brenda Cassellius commended students who brought the issue forward and expressed appreciation that the state took them seriously. — James Vaznis, BostonGlobe.com, "Controversial MCAS question hurt scores of some black students, study finds," 30 Aug. 2019 After Clinton’s loss to Donald Trump in the 2016 general election, Sanders is back, running as a socialist warhorse, promising endless amounts of free stuff, with those promises suddenly being taken seriously. — Victor Davis Hanson, The Mercury News, "Victor Davis Hanson: Why socialism, and why now?," 30 Aug. 2019 If someone is being threatening or repeatedly harassing you, take it seriously, of course. — Rex Huppke, chicagotribune.com, "Column: Bret Stephens, Donald Trump and the epidemic of male fragility," 28 Aug. 2019 My tolerance for exposure, risk, and danger was always wimpy compared with those who took the sport seriously. — Nick Heil, Outside Online, "The Tragedy on Howse Peak," 28 Aug. 2019 Taking this commitment seriously should not only result in seeing more Latinos on screen, but greater representation of other marginalized groups as well. — Stacy L. Smith, Time, "Hollywood Has the Power to Combat Damaging Stereotypes About Latinos. Here's Proof That It's Utterly Failing," 27 Aug. 2019 Eberstadt: Susan Arellano, head of Templeton Press, brainstormed with me about people who would take the argument seriously and contribute interesting perspectives, and came up with an A-team. — Nr Interview, National Review, "Identity Politics Runs Much Deeper than Politics," 27 Aug. 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'seriously.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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