2 definitions found
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Serious \Se"ri*ous\, a. [L. serius: cf F. s['e]rieux, LL
seriosus.]
1. Grave in manner or disposition; earnest; thoughtful;
solemn; not light, gay, or volatile.
He is always serious, yet there is about his manner
a graceful ease. --Macaulay.
2. Really intending what is said being in earnest; not
jesting or deceiving. --Beaconsfield.
3. Important; weighty; not trifling; grave.
The holy Scriptures bring to our ears the most
serious things in the world. --Young.
4. Hence giving rise to apprehension; attended with danger;
as a serious injury.
Syn: Grave; solemn; earnest; sedate; important; weighty. See
{Grave}. -- {Se"ri*ous*ly}, adv -- {Se"ri*ous*ness}, n.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
seriously
adv 1: in a serious manner; "talking earnestly with his son"; "she
started studying snakes in earnest"; "a play dealing
seriously with the question of divorce" [syn: {earnestly},
{in earnest}]
2: to a severe or serious degree; "fingers so badly frozen they
had to be amputated"; "badly injured"; "a severely
impaired heart"; "is gravely ill"; "was seriously ill"
[syn: {badly}, {severely}, {gravely}]
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