Synonyms of severely

severely

adverb

1

as in harshly

in a manner so as to cause loss or suffering

the building was severely damaged by the explosion

Synonyms & Similar Words

• harshly
• oppressively
• brutally
• hard
• ill
• sternly
• strongly
• roughly
• stiffly
• aggressively
• abusively
• ruthlessly
• mercilessly
• hardly
• unmercifully
• savagely
• viciously
• grimly
• pitilessly
• insensitively
• heartlessly
• tyrannically
• inhumanely
• inhumanly
• firmly
• callously
• unfeelingly
• uncharitably
• obdurately
• unsparingly
• brutishly
• decidedly
• insensately
• determinedly
• cold-bloodedly
• resolutely
• toughly
• assertively
• hard-heartedly
• gruffly

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• lightly
• mildly
• gently
• softly
• leniently
• kindly
• lovingly
• tenderly
• graciously
• cordially
• considerately
• benevolently
• sympathetically
• clemently
• mercifully
• charitably
• compassionately
• humanely
• understandingly
• benignantly
• tolerantly
• softheartedly

2

as in extremely

to a great degree

the rescued mountain climbers were severely dehydrated

Synonyms & Similar Words

• extremely
• terribly
• incredibly
• badly
• very
• highly
• too
• so
• greatly
• damned
• seriously
• desperately
• heavily
• damn
• really
• intensely
• far
• wildly
• especially
• most
• exceptionally
• much
• super
• that
• particularly
• fiercely
• jolly
• immensely
• awfully
• mortally
• exceedingly
• hugely
• absolutely
• specially
• fantastically
• totally
• full
• sorely
• utterly
• mighty
• vitally
• supremely
• awful
• thoroughly
• enormously
• completely
• frightfully
• fabulously
• sore
• such
• good and
• vastly
• deeply
• wicked
• real
• extra
• majorly
• uncommonly
• positively
• remarkably
• significantly
• eminently
• deadly
• way
• colossally
• passing
• achingly
• mightily
• cracking
• surpassingly
• bone
• entirely
• rattling
• archly
• beastly
• dang
• considerably
• whacking
• a lot
• monstrous
• noticeably
• roaring
• wholly
• filthy
• thumping
• almighty
• radically
• ever
• spanking
• profoundly
• visibly
• blisteringly
• roaringly
• fully
• corking
• substantially
• downright
• unco
• stinking
• markedly
• obviously
• extensively
• notably
• right
• as all get-out
• flat-out
• purely
• excessively
• appreciably
• palpably
• plainly
• altogether
• monumentally
• discernibly
• plentifully
• abundantly
• obscenely
• astronomically
• monstrously
• astonishingly
• amazingly
• staggeringly
• grandly
• overmuch

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• somewhat
• slightly
• little
• nominally
• negligibly
• just
• barely
• minimally
• scarcely
• marginally
• hardly
• scantily
• meagerly

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of severely

The person who died was taken to the shore severely injured and, despite CPR being administered, was pronounced dead, officials said. — Tristan Maglunog, ABC News, 15 July 2026

When rescuers first met her, Rockalina’s eyes were sealed shut, her nails were severely overgrown, and cat hair had become tightly wrapped around one of her legs. — Moná Thomas, PEOPLE, 15 July 2026

Fellow Club stock Salesforce has been ravaged even more severely — plunging 36% year to date for the same reason. — Natasha Abellard, CNBC, 15 July 2026

And that his injury severely hampered their chances in the second half of the campaign. — Patrick Boyland, New York Times, 14 July 2026

Reginald and Jonathan Carr, originally from Dodge City, Kansas, were sentenced to death for killing five people and severely injuring two others during the week-long crime spree, known as the Wichita Massacre or Wichita Horror. — Cuyler Dunn, Kansas City Star, 14 July 2026

Despite severely lacking resources, the monuments men and women were able to find and retrieve more than five million items, many of them artworks that had been stolen by the Axis forces. — Encyclopedia Britannica, 14 July 2026

First-year students, according to thousands of professors, are arriving severely deficient in math and weak in writing skills. — Jaweed Kaleem, Los Angeles Times, 14 July 2026

The labor shortage in the Palm Beach County healthcare sector has been severely impacted by immigration detentions. — Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 13 July 2026