The principal severely reproved the students whenever they made a mess in the hallway.
Source: tatoeba (1978)
Severely
Synonyms for "severely" (79 found)
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Closest matches (16)
Strong matches (24)
Related words (39)
Related word relations
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Translations
22 translations across 15 languages.
Bulgarian
2 entries- строго adv (in a severe manner)
- сурово adv (in a severe manner)
Catalan
1 entries- severament adv (in a severe manner)
Esperanto
1 entries- severe adv (in a severe manner)
Finnish
2 entries- ankarasti adv (in a severe manner)
- vakavasti adv (in a severe manner)
French
1 entries- sévèrement adv (in a severe manner)
Galician
1 entries- severamente adv (in a severe manner)
German
1 entries- streng adv (in a severe manner)
Gothic
1 entries- 𐌰𐌱𐍂𐌰𐌱𐌰 adv (in a severe manner)
Greek
4 entries- εξαιρετικά adv (in a severe manner)
- εξαιρετικώς adv (in a severe manner)
- σοβαρά adv (in a severe manner)
- σφοδρά adv (in a severe manner)
Korean
2 entries- 심하게 adv (in a severe manner)
- 엄격하게 adv (in a severe manner)
Latin
1 entries- acerbe adv (in a severe manner)
Portuguese
1 entries- severamente adv (in a severe manner)
Russian
1 entries- суро́во adv (in a severe manner)
Spanish
1 entries- severamente adv (in a severe manner)
Volapük
2 entries- seväriko adv (in a severe manner)
- seväro adv (in a severe manner)
Sample sentences
14 total sentences available.
The stock market is severely depressed.
Source: tatoeba (21205)
I found a bird whose wing was severely damaged.
Source: tatoeba (27011)
Three persons were killed and ten were severely or slightly injured in the railway accident.
Source: tatoeba (44925)
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