seriously

Adverb

• 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
    

• in a serious manner
  • talking earnestly with his son
    
  • she started studying snakes in earnest
    
  • a play dealing seriously with the question of divorce
    

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• Synonyms: 
  badly , severely , gravely , earnestly , in earnest