severely

adverbcommon in dialogue

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In a severe manner; with severity.

adverb

1
In a severe manner; with severity.
After the first day they left her severely alone, their plea to their husbands, her uncompromising independence.
Meanwhile the Christian Church from these speculations has kept itself severely apart - as of course representing a unique and divine revelation little concerned or interested in such heathenisms[.]
‘And I hope it teaches that fubsy little boiling-oil Abbot a well-deserved lesson,’ added Murial Jane severely.
Regular freight trains between Abergavenny and Merthyr were withdrawn on November 24, 1954, because it was found both practicable and more economical to send this traffic by less severely-graded routes.

Etymology

Etymology tree English severe Middle English -ly English -ly English severely From severe + -ly.

Forms

comparative: more severely
superlative: most severely

severe · Very bad or intense.Severe · A surname.severed · Separated, cut off or broken apart.

severely · In a severe manner; with severity.

sew · To use a needle to pass thread repeatedly through (pieces of…sewage · A suspension of water and solid waste, transported by sewers…sewed · Having been created through the sewing process.

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