seriously

seriously
adverb
1) (earnestly) ernst[haft]

quite seriously, ... — ganz im Ernst, ...

take something/somebody seriously — etwas/jemanden ernst nehmen

2) (severely) ernstlich; schwer [verletzt]
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adverb (in a serious way; to a serious extent: Is he seriously thinking of being an actor?; She is seriously ill.) ernsthaft
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se·ri·ous·ly
[ˈsɪəriəsli, AM ˈsɪriəs-]
adv
1. (in earnest) ernst; (not lightly) ernst
to take sb/sth \seriously jdn/etw ernst nehmen
2. (gravely, badly) schwer; (dangerously) ernstlich
\seriously ill/wounded schwer krank/verletzt
3. (really) ernsthaft, im Ernst, allen Ernstes
no, \seriously, ... nein, [ganz] im Ernst, ...
I'm \seriously concerned about my father's health ich bin ernstlich um die Gesundheit meines Vaters besorgt
it would be \seriously wrong of him to leave her es wäre wirklich ganz falsch von ihm, sie zu verlassen
you don't \seriously expect me to iron your shirt! du erwartest doch nicht im Ernst von mir, dass ich dein Hemd bügle!
4. (fam: very, extremely) äußerst
\seriously funny urkomisch
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['sIərIəslɪ]
adv
1) (= earnestly) ernst; talk, interested, work ernsthaft; (= not jokingly) im Ernst

to take sb/sth seriously — jdn/etw ernst nehmen

to take oneself too seriously — sich selbst zu wichtig nehmen

do you seriously want to do that? — wollen Sie das wirklich or im Ernst tun?

seriously now/though ... —

but seriously, ... — aber jetzt mal im Ernst ...

seriously? — im Ernst?, ernsthaft?

do you mean that seriously? —

he offered it quite seriously — er hat das ernstlich angeboten

a play that deals seriously with the issue of divorce — ein Stück, das sich auf ernsthafte Weise mit Scheidungsfragen befasst

2) (= critically) wounded, damaged, ill, flooded schwer; worried ernstlich; deteriorate bedenklich; threaten ernsthaft

he went seriously wrong — er hat einen schweren Fehler gemacht

the takeoff went seriously wrong — beim Start ist etwas schlimm danebengegangen

there is something seriously wrong with that — irgendetwas ist damit überhaupt nicht in Ordnung

we are seriously short of water — bei uns herrscht schwerer or schlimmer Wassermangel

3) (inf: really) ehrlich (inf)

seriously rich (person) — schwerreich

I was beginning to get seriously annoyed — ich wurde langsam ernsthaft sauer (inf)

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seriously adv ernst(lich, -haft), im Ernst:
seriously ill ernstlich oder schwer krank;
seriously wounded schwer verwundet;
take seriously jemanden, etwas ernst nehmen;
seriously? im Ernst?;
seriously now (oder though) Spaß beiseite;
seriously now, are you going to get married? willst du allen Ernstes heiraten?
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adverb
1) (earnestly) ernst[haft]

quite seriously, ... — ganz im Ernst, ...

take something/somebody seriously — etwas/jemanden ernst nehmen

2) (severely) ernstlich; schwer [verletzt]
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adv.
ernst adv.

English-german dictionary. 2013.

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