## Meanings
1. In a serious way; treating something as important and not as a joke.
2. To a great or severe degree; very much.
3. Used to show that you really mean what you are about to say.

## Examples
- He was hoping that we would take him seriously.
- That was a seriously unpleasant thing to say.
- Now, seriously, why did you forget to feed the cat today?

## Derived Forms
- sinseriously
- srsly

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: seriously

## Etymology
From Middle English seriously, sereously, ceryously, seryowslech (“earnestly”), equivalent to serious + -ly.

## AI Etymology
Seriously is from Middle English seriously, sereously, ceryously, seryowslech (“earnestly”), equivalent to serious + -ly. Important forms in the word's history include Middle English seriously. In current use it includes senses such as In a serious way; treating something as important and not as a joke and To a great or severe degree; very much.

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