Definition
serious: grave, dangerous, threatening, severe; formal; earnest, genuine
Icarus is a very serious person, he rarely laughs and he works very hard.
This problem is very serious and I want it fixed immediately!
This is a serious affair, so please be on your best behavior.
I'm dead serious! I'm completely, entirely, totally serious!
seriously: not jokingly, frankly; gravely, menacingly
- "Philip : Ok team, it's worse than I thought: the chimps have had a serious poop fight."
- "Seriously, can I feel your face?"
- "Dr. Loblaw : I'm completely serious, Brian."
- "Bruno ( laughing): Oh, you're serious."
- "I'm serious!"
- "Samantha : If I may, sir, camels are amazing animals, and I am currently in a serious relationship with one, but there is no way that a camel could replace a human being at a highly skilled office job!"
- "I'm serious."
- "I was dead serious."
- "But I've got to warn you, these are some pretty serious tough hombres back there..."
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