seriously

Questions about seriously

What does seriously mean?

seriously means "in a serious manner". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in seriously?

seriously has 4 syllables: ser-i-ou-sly. The stress falls on "ser". In IPA it is /ˈsɪɹiəsli/.

What is another word for seriously?

Close synonyms include earnestly, in earnest, badly, severely, gravely. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is seriously a common word?

seriously is banded "Core" — among the few thousand words that carry most english. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.