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  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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