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as in harshly
in a manner so as to cause loss or suffering
the building was severely damaged by the explosion
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as in extremely
to a great degree
the rescued mountain climbers were severely dehydrated
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Recent Examples of severely
Few sites, however, became such frequent battlegrounds as the parking lots of Home Depots, where day laborers congregate, or were hit as persistently and severely as the open air car washes that dot sunny Southern California.
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Los Angeles Times, 14 June 2026
If rain severely impairs your vision, pull over and wait for conditions to improve.
—Bay Area Weather Report, Mercury News, 13 June 2026
The grant allowed the hospital to offer people who have been shot, stabbed, severely assaulted or trafficked two payments of $500 each.
—Emilia Otte, Hartford Courant, 13 June 2026
On top of this, insurance plans have been subject to high inflation between this year and last year, making health insurance severely unaffordable for ACA marketplace users of different income levels.
—Katharina Buchholz, Forbes.com, 12 June 2026
The system generated $189 million in revenue last year and over $2 billion total since the sale, according to a recent audit, all while severely restraining the city’s ability to make major road changes that remove parking spots and as parking costs rise.
—Jake Sheridan, Chicago Tribune, 12 June 2026
Heightened security will severely limit parking at matches played in suburban stadiums, where many fans typically drive and park for major events.
—Tom Huddleston Jr.
juhohn Lee, CNBC, 12 June 2026
The six jurors in George Pino’s vessel-homicide and manslaughter trial took a road trip to North Miami on Thursday morning to view his boat, which was wrecked in the crash that killed a teenage girl and severely injured two others.
—David Goodhue, Miami Herald, 11 June 2026
Many lenders are willing to discuss options like hardship programs, payment plans or temporary accommodations before a debt becomes severely delinquent.
—Angelica Leicht, CBS News, 11 June 2026
Los Angeles Times, 14 June 2026
If rain severely impairs your vision, pull over and wait for conditions to improve.
—Bay Area Weather Report, Mercury News, 13 June 2026
The grant allowed the hospital to offer people who have been shot, stabbed, severely assaulted or trafficked two payments of $500 each.
—Emilia Otte, Hartford Courant, 13 June 2026
On top of this, insurance plans have been subject to high inflation between this year and last year, making health insurance severely unaffordable for ACA marketplace users of different income levels.
—Katharina Buchholz, Forbes.com, 12 June 2026
The system generated $189 million in revenue last year and over $2 billion total since the sale, according to a recent audit, all while severely restraining the city’s ability to make major road changes that remove parking spots and as parking costs rise.
—Jake Sheridan, Chicago Tribune, 12 June 2026
Heightened security will severely limit parking at matches played in suburban stadiums, where many fans typically drive and park for major events.
—Tom Huddleston Jr.
juhohn Lee, CNBC, 12 June 2026
The six jurors in George Pino’s vessel-homicide and manslaughter trial took a road trip to North Miami on Thursday morning to view his boat, which was wrecked in the crash that killed a teenage girl and severely injured two others.
—David Goodhue, Miami Herald, 11 June 2026
Many lenders are willing to discuss options like hardship programs, payment plans or temporary accommodations before a debt becomes severely delinquent.
—Angelica Leicht, CBS News, 11 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for severely
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Leo will find a legislature that is highly polarized, with the ruling Socialist Party of Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez hammered by a series of corruption scandals and far-right groups such as Vox harshly criticizing the Socialists’ migration policy.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
6 June 2026
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Justin Stasiw’s soundscape wastes no time throwing the audience into Mumbai, where vehicles, whistles and rickshaws harshly yet thrillingly enter the ears.—
David John Chávez,
Mercury News,
3 June 2026
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According to Outword Magazine Fred Palmer, the owner of Scott’s, Alan Irvine, is extremely gay supportive and has hosted numerous events for both Outword and the Rainbow Chamber of Commerce (see below).—
Sean Timberlake,
Sacbee.com,
12 June 2026
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The whole episode is a reminder to product designers everywhere that users can be extremely sensitive to the seemingly smallest changes — and Spotify clearly had not anticipated that a teeny-tiny disco ball drop would prove to be unpopular.—
Todd Spangler,
Variety,
12 June 2026
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Fortunately, this spell of hot temps will be a generally drier heat — not necessarily oppressively humid like is typical for New England.—
Rick Sobey,
Boston Herald,
19 May 2026
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The first of the four chapters is an oppressively gray-toned, narratively diffuse spy thriller, set amid the mists of what appears to be the Second World War.—
Justin Chang,
New Yorker,
18 Dec. 2025
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Excluding the special cases of meteor showers, a viewer on the ground will see only about five or so sporadic meteors per hour on average, which isn’t terribly many.—
Phil Plait,
Scientific American,
12 June 2026
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For someone living with borderline personality disorder (BPD), that same silence can feel like evidence that something is terribly wrong.—
Angela Haupt,
Time,
11 June 2026
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Policy credibility, once lost, is brutally hard to win back.—
William Pesek,
Forbes.com,
11 June 2026
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This summer thriller introduces readers to five seemingly random people waiting for a train — until one of them is brutally killed.—
Desiree Anello,
PEOPLE,
10 June 2026
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Biological systems are incredibly good at making reactions run at low temperature and pressure through the use of catalysts.—
Chris Lee,
ArsTechnica,
9 June 2026
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Likewise, the information helps Mancuso tailor wigs on what is sometimes very short notice, and the two departments collaborate incredibly closely to, say, transform Bad Bunny into a chatbot companion (of sorts).—
Sarah Shachat,
IndieWire,
9 June 2026
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The United States often feels more fractured than fraternal, a search for commonality hard to find in a land of boundaries drawn harder each day.—
Dana O’Neil,
CNN Money,
13 June 2026
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Condos have been hit hard by rising costs associated with ownership, such as HOA dues and homeowners insurance.—
Andrea Riquier,
USA Today,
13 June 2026
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Marathon needs these numbers to improve, badly.—
Paul Tassi,
Forbes.com,
11 June 2026
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The story of Reconstruction had been, of course, soiled badly by the historians’ profession, to be honest.—
David Frum,
The Atlantic,
10 June 2026
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“Severely.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/severely. Accessed 15 Jun. 2026.
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