as in extremely
to a great degree
that's some seriously good pie
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Recent Examples of seriously
Martin County Sheriff's Office via AP In 2021, Woods was seriously injured in a rollover crash in Los Angeles.
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Melissa Gaffney, CBS News, 28 Mar. 2026
Iran fired six ballistic missiles and 29 drones at the base Friday, injuring at least 15 troops, including five seriously, according to the sources who were not authorized to comment publicly and spoke on condition of anonymity.
—Samy Magdy, Los Angeles Times, 28 Mar. 2026
Iran fired six ballistic missiles and 29 drones at the base Friday, injuring at least 15 troops, including five seriously, according to AP sources, who were not authorized to comment publicly and spoke on the condition of anonymity.
—Azhar Sukri, CNBC, 28 Mar. 2026
Most have returned to duty, while 30 remained out of action and 10 were considered seriously wounded.
—Aamer Madhani, Fortune, 28 Mar. 2026
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Melissa Gaffney, CBS News, 28 Mar. 2026
Iran fired six ballistic missiles and 29 drones at the base Friday, injuring at least 15 troops, including five seriously, according to the sources who were not authorized to comment publicly and spoke on condition of anonymity.
—Samy Magdy, Los Angeles Times, 28 Mar. 2026
Iran fired six ballistic missiles and 29 drones at the base Friday, injuring at least 15 troops, including five seriously, according to AP sources, who were not authorized to comment publicly and spoke on the condition of anonymity.
—Azhar Sukri, CNBC, 28 Mar. 2026
Most have returned to duty, while 30 remained out of action and 10 were considered seriously wounded.
—Aamer Madhani, Fortune, 28 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for seriously
Adverb
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The particles that make up these dark nebulae are of a finite size, and that size is extremely good at absorbing visible light.—
Big Think,
Big Think,
26 Mar. 2026
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David’s view The voters most keen to talk with political reporters are, typically, extremely engaged in politics.—
David Weigel,
semafor.com,
26 Mar. 2026
Adverb
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Had something gone terribly, terribly wrong?—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
26 Mar. 2026
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Something is terribly wrong in Chicago.—
Chicago Tribune,
Chicago Tribune,
26 Mar. 2026
Adverb
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Although winds will be mostly light, between 5 and 10 mph, the dry air combined with very dry vegetation will result in a continuation of elevated fire danger.—
NC Weather Bot,
Charlotte Observer,
29 Mar. 2026
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Bartle may have been right, but for some Chiefs fans and stadium developers with billions of public dollars at stake, that state line probably feels very real.—
Elijah Winkler,
Kansas City Star,
29 Mar. 2026
Adverb
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In the transfer portal era, making contributions at a championship-caliber program like Ohio State as a true freshman are incredibly rare.—
Charles Baggarly,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
31 Mar. 2026
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The first thing that struck me was the gold necklace’s incredibly lightweight nature, clocking in at just 25 grams.—
Stacia Datskovska,
Footwear News,
31 Mar. 2026
Adverb
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The war has upended the travel industry, too, with forecasters estimating airfares — which have jumped sixfold on some routes — will remain high for months.—
Jeronimo Gonzalez,
semafor.com,
26 Mar. 2026
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Democrats are laying the groundwork to oppose a photo ID bill Republicans will bring to the Senate floor Thursday, arguing that voting laws are best left to the states or that the legislation before them is too restrictive.—
David Sivak,
The Washington Examiner,
26 Mar. 2026
Adverb
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Best in the state, really, now that Name/Image/Likeness and the House ruling have helped suck the juice out of Air Force football under Troy Calhoun.—
Sean Keeler,
Denver Post,
30 Mar. 2026
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The Charlotte Hornets found the wrong kind of déjà vu Sunday, losing a home game to the Boston Celtics that never really felt close.—
Scott Fowler,
Charlotte Observer,
30 Mar. 2026
Adverb
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Then there’s Schiaparelli’s approach to work, which was renegade, and highly collaborative.—
Laird Borrelli-Persson,
Vogue,
28 Mar. 2026
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These events are extremely rare, requiring massive datasets and highly refined detection techniques.—
Rupendra Brahambhatt,
Interesting Engineering,
28 Mar. 2026
Adverb
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There’s gonna have to be a lot of that because these NFL rights are going to be so damn expensive, these streaming services are going to have to figure it out.—
Scott Thompson,
FOXNews.com,
14 Mar. 2026
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The Hemi set the bar pretty damn high—Dodge got a comical 1,025-hp claim out of the Demon 170 before ending production of the Challenger.—
Andrew P. Collins,
The Drive,
11 Mar. 2026
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“Seriously.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/seriously. Accessed 1 Apr. 2026.
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