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Serious
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- 1 Without humor or expression of happiness; grave in manner or disposition.
"deadly serious"
- 2 Important; weighty; not insignificant.
"This is a serious problem. We'll need our best experts."
- 3 Really intending what is said (or planned, etc); in earnest; not jocular or deceiving.
"After all these years, we're finally getting serious attention."
- 4 Committed.
- 1 causing fear or anxiety by threatening great harm wordnet
- 2 requiring effort or concentration; complex and not easy to answer or solve wordnet
- 3 of great consequence wordnet
- 4 appealing to the mind wordnet
- 5 concerned with work or important matters rather than play or trivialities wordnet
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- 6 completely lacking in playfulness wordnet
- 1 seriously, in a serious manner (most often heard in take or mean serious) colloquial, dialectal, not-comparable
"The only time I walk out on singin' is when there's muckin' about and youse don't take it serious."
Etymology
From Middle English seryows, from Old French serieux, from Medieval Latin sēriōsus, an extension of Latin sērius (“grave, earnest, serious”), from Proto-Indo-European *swer- (“heavy”). Cognate with German schwer (“heavy, difficult, severe”), Old English swǣr (“heavy, grave, grievous”). More at swear, sweer.
From Middle English seryows, from Old French serieux, from Medieval Latin sēriōsus, an extension of Latin sērius (“grave, earnest, serious”), from Proto-Indo-European *swer- (“heavy”). Cognate with German schwer (“heavy, difficult, severe”), Old English swǣr (“heavy, grave, grievous”). More at swear, sweer.
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