英和和英

発音

• (英国発音) IPA: /ˈsɪə.ɹi.əs.li/, (in rapid speech) /ˈsɪə.ɹəs.li/
• (米国発音) IPA: /ˈsɪɹ.i.əs.li/, /ˈsiɹ.i.əs.li/

副詞

seriously (comparative more seriously, superlative most seriously)

1. (manner) In a serious or literal manner.

   He was hoping that we would take him seriously.

   Jimmy jokingly called Bob a doofus. Bob took the insult seriously.

   • 1913, Edgar Rice Burroughs, The Return of Tarzan, New York: Ballantine Books, published 1963, page 101:

     “I’ll qualify the statement, then,” she answered, with a laugh. “We have known each other for two ages—hers and mine. But seriously we are as dear to each other as sisters, and now that I am going to lose her I am almost heartbroken.”

   • 2009 June 26, Dwight Garner, “Out of the Bedroom, Into the Clinic”, in The New York Times‎:

     Masters and Johnson wanted their work to be taken seriously, and wanted to stay a step ahead of the morality police, so they tended to write in almost comically dense medicalese.

   • 2015, Christopher Biggins, Biggins - My Story:

     Jeremy, meanwhile, was the fun-lover, like me, who didn't always take it too seriously.

2. Gravely; deeply; very much.

   That was a seriously unpleasant thing to say.

3. Used to attempt to introduce a serious point in a less serious conversation.

   Synonyms: no really, no kidding, real talk

   Now, seriously, why did you forget to feed the cat today?

4. Used to call back to a previous point, in disbelief or for emphasis.

   Synonyms: no really, no kidding

   You baked ten (10) cakes. Seriously, why did you do that?

5. (informal) In an extreme or major way; majorly.

   Unless you're seriously strapped (armed), you're about to be not okay too.

派生語

アナグラム

• ureolysis