seriously

副词 adv.
/ˈsɪə.ɹi.əs.li/|/ˈsɪə.ɹəs.li/    /ˈsɪɹ.i.əs.li/|/ˈsiɹ.i.əs.li/

英文释义

副词 adv.
  1. In a serious or literal manner.
    — He was hoping that we would take him 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.
    — 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.
    — You baked ten (10) cakes. Seriously, why did you do that?
  5. In an extreme or major way; majorly. informal
    — Unless you're seriously strapped (armed), you're about to be not okay too.

词形变化

more seriously comparative most seriously superlative

词源

Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *seh₁-
Proto-Indo-European *-rós
Proto-Italic *sēros
Latin sērus
Proto-Indo-European *-yós
Proto-Italic *-ios
Old Latin -ios
Latin -ius
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Proto-Indo-European *swer-
Proto-Indo-European *-yós
Proto-Italic *swerjos?
Latin sērius
Proto-Indo-European *h₃ed-
Proto-Indo-European *-os
Proto-Indo-European *h₃édosder.?
Proto-Italic *-ōtsos or *-otsos
Latin -ōsus
Medieval Latin sēriōsus
Old French serieuxbor.
Middle English seryows
Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der.
Proto-Germanic *līkąder.
Proto-Germanic *-līkaz
Proto-Germanic *-ê
Proto-Germanic *-līkê
Proto-West Germanic *-līkē
Old English -līċe
Middle English -lech, -ly
Middle English seryowslech
English seriously
From Middle English seriously, sereously, ceryously, seryowslech (“earnestly”), equivalent to serious + -ly.
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