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seriously

/ˈsɪɹiəsli/SIH-ree-uh-slee
/ˈsɪɹiəsli/SIH-ree-uh-slee

Meaningin a serious way

Common meaning: in an earnest way

Other meanings: badly

Journey through time

  1. Latinseriosus‘serious’source
  2. Old Frenchserieux‘earnest’source
  3. Englishserious‘solemn or needing careful thought’
  4. Englishformed in English from seriousseriously‘in an earnest way’ · today

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
  • No UK recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-GB voice.
  • US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
  • No US recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-US voice.

Origin: Formed in English from serious + -ly.

Dictionary: Skeat (1898), SERIOUS, p.542 · scan

Source words

  • seriosus Latin · source word “serious”

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