seriously

/ˈsɪərɪəsli/

US pronunciation

American sound/ˈsɪərɪəsli/

seriously

Syllables: 3 syllables
Stress: 1st syllable stress
Vowel: Schwa vowel
Ending: Final y vowel sound

se - rious - ly -> seriously

Myanmar meaning

(adv) တည်ကြည်လေးနက်စွာ

Full entry

serious /'sÇǝriǝs/ adj

၁။ တည်ကြည်လေးနက်သော။ a serious person/ expression/ manner ❍ She looked very serious when she heard the news. ❍ Please be serious for a minute, this is very important.
၂။ (စာအုပ်၊ တေးဂီတ စသည်)လေးနက်သော။ အပျော်ဖတ်မဟုတ်သော။ a serious play/ discussion ❍ a serious article about social problems.
၃။ စိုးရိမ်ရသော။ ပြင်းထန်သော။ a serious illness/ mistake/ accident ❍ That could cause serious injury. ❍ The international situation is extremely serious.
၄။ ~ (about sb/ sth) ; ~ (about doing sth) အလေးအနက်ထားသော။ အတည်ဖြစ်သော။ တကယ်ဖြစ်သော။ a serious suggestion ❍ Are you really serious about him (ie Do you like or love him a lot?) ❍ Is she serious about wanting to be a pilot? သူ တကယ်လေယာဉ်မှူး လုပ်ချင်တာလား။
❏ in all seriousness [IDM ] (infml ) အလေးအနက်။ အရင်း အတိုင်း။ You can't in all seriousness go out in a hat like that!
❏ seriously adv
၁။ အလေးအနက်။ အပြင်းအထန်။ အသည်း အသန်။ speak seriously to her about it ❍ be seriously ill/ injured.
၂။ (infml ) (လေးလေးနက်နက် ပြောတော့မည်ဟု စကားပလ္လင်ခံရာ၌သုံးသည်)။ Seriously though, you could really hurt yourself doing that. ❍ HOPEFUL
❏ seriousness n [U] လေးနက်ခြင်း။ စိုးရိမ်ရခြင်း။ အရေးကြီးခြင်း။ the seriousness of his expression ❍ Do you realize the seriousness of the situation?
❏ take sb/ sth seriously [IDM ] အတည်ယူသည်။ အလေး အနက်ထားသည်။ She's so unreliable that you can't take anything she says seriously. ❍ He takes (his) work very seriously.

More examples

The sale of the company will have serious implications for people’s jobs.
[a serious problem/mistake] : It’s not a serious problem – we should be able to fix it without too much trouble.
[a serious illness/accident/injury] : A serious head injury
[a serious crime/offence/threat] : An accident like this poses a serious threat to the environment.
This is an extremely serious matter.
He has no serious competition for the post.
I’m sorry, I didn’t realize you were being serious.
The police have made no serious attempt to address these issues.
[serious about] : I’m not convinced they’re serious about the deal.
[serious about (doing) something] : Do you think Mike’s serious about going to live in New Zealand?
[deadly/dead serious] : ‘Are you serious about leaving your job?’ ‘Dead serious.’
[serious consideration/thought/discussion] : We’ll have to give the situation some serious thought.
Peter seems serious but he actually has a good sense of humour.
Is Mary all right? She looked a bit serious.
Serious books/music
Is it getting serious with you and June, then?
[a serious boyfriend/girlfriend/relationship] : He’s never had a serious relationship with anyone.
My father is a serious runner.
We did some serious hiking last weekend.
It’s time you made some serious money.

Synonyms

grave, solemn, somber, stern, grim, severe, staid, sober, unsmiling, humorless, acute, arduous, austere, bound, bound and determined, businesslike, cold sober, considerable, contemplative, critical, crucial, dangerous, deadpan, decided, deep, deliberate, determined, difficult, downbeat, earnest, far-reaching, fateful, fell, formidable, fundamental, funereal, genuine, go for broke, grievous, hard, heavy, honest, important, intense, intent, laborious, life-threatening, long-faced, major, meaning business, meaningful, meditative, menacing, momentous, no joke, no laughing matter, no-nonsense, of consequence, operose, out for blood, pensive, playing hard ball, pokerfaced, powerful, pressing, profound, quiet, reflective, resolute, resolved, sedate, serious-minded, set, significant, sincere, smoking, sobering, steady, strenuous, strictly business, thought-provoking, thoughtful, threatening, tough, ugly, unamusing, unhumorous, urgent, vital, weighty, worrying

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