seriously
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Synonyms & Antonyms for seriously
Synonyms
achingly, almighty, archly, awful, awfully, badly, beastly, blisteringly, bone, colossally, corking, cracking, damn, damned, dang, deadly, desperately, eminently, enormously, especially, ever, exceedingly (also exceeding), extra, extremely, fabulously, fantastically, far, fiercely, filthy, frightfully, full, greatly, heavily, highly, hugely, immensely, incredibly, intensely, jolly, majorly, mightily, mighty, monstrous [chiefly dialect], mortally, most, much, particularly, passing, rattling, real, really, right, roaring, roaringly, severely, so, sore, sorely, spanking, specially, stinking, such, super, supremely, surpassingly, terribly, that, thumping, too, unco, uncommonly, vastly, very, vitally, way, whacking, wicked, wildly
Antonyms
little, negligibly, nominally, slightly, somewhat
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As if running around the world completing near-impossible tasks in hopes of winning a whopping $1 million wasn't thrilling enough, The Amazing Race is seriously upping the game for the Season 31. — Jennifer Aldrich, Country Living, "'The Amazing Race' Cast Will Include Competitors From 'Big Brother' and 'Survivor'," 14 Apr. 2019 There are seriously a ton of signs that point to the fact that a Shawn/Billie collab mighttttt actually happen. — Carolyn Twersky, Seventeen, "All the Signs That Shawn Mendes and Billie Eilish are Working on a Collab Together," 4 Apr. 2019 The only way to remove eyelashes is with a pro—seriously. — Katheryn Erickson, Glamour, "Your Everything Guide to Eyelash Extensions," 28 Mar. 2019 The new ambulance ship would supplement existing and future hospital ships, taking the less seriously wounded and distributing medical services across more ships, in case some of them are the victim of enemy attack. — Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, "The U.S. Navy Wants a New 'Ambulance Ship' to Treat War Wounded," 26 Mar. 2019 But seriously, Tisse is somebody who cares about you and cares about everybody. — Percy Allen, The Seattle Times, "Fantastic Foursome Q&A: UW’s seniors reflect on their journey, quiz each other and talk about legacies," 6 Nov. 2018 Until Sunday, no one confused it with something that should be taken seriously. — Bubba Clem, WSJ, "The Speech Police Come for Tucker Carlson," 13 Mar. 2019 Like seriously, so bad Uwe Boll could’ve directed a better film. — Hayden Dingman, PCWorld, "This week in games: Borderlands 3 teased for PAX East, Dwarf Fortress is coming to Steam," 15 Mar. 2019 For longtime Hallmark fans, these updates are seriously devastating. — Megan Stein, Country Living, "Is Hallmark Cancelling 'When Calls the Heart' Following the Lori Loughlin Scandal?," 15 Mar. 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'seriously.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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