severely

Meanings

1. 1
   adv

   In a severe manner.

   After the first day they left her severely alone, their plea to their husbands, her uncompromising independence.

2. 2
   adv

   to a severe or serious degree

3. 3
   adv

   causing great damage or hardship

4. 4
   adv

   with sternness

Etymology

From severe + -ly.