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Synonyms for seriously
Synonyms for seriously: badly and earnestly. Every one of them is a hand audited pair from the Synonym Stack word bank, shown below in the sense it fits, in a real sentence, and beside the words that only look close.
The 2 synonyms for seriously
- badlyadverb, in the sense "to a severe or serious degree"
- earnestlyadverb, in the sense "in a serious manner"
Each of these belongs to a different sense of seriously, which is why the meaning beside them changes down the list.
to a severe or serious degree
She was seriously injured when the ladder gave way.
The true synonym
badly
Same sentence, swapped: She was badly injured when the ladder gave way.
Close but different
These three are the other tiles for this sense. Each is a real word, and none of them can stand where seriously stands in the sentence above.
- certainly
- obviously
- indeed
in a serious manner
A play dealing seriously with the question of divorce.
The true synonym
earnestly
Same sentence, swapped: A play dealing earnestly with the question of divorce.
Close but different
The game offers these three alongside the answer. They are close enough to tempt and wrong enough to be wrong, which is the whole design.
- certainly
- obviously
- indeed
Where seriously turns up in the game
seriously is the word under test in two puzzles, spread across two difficulty tiers. It also sits on the board as one of the three wrong tiles in three other puzzles, where the answer is a different word entirely.
The puzzles where seriously is the trap
- certainlyadverb, Tier 1, Foothills. The answer there is surely, in the sense "definitely or positively ('sure' is sometimes used informally for 'surely')", and seriously is one of the three tiles that lose.
- badlyadverb, Tier 2, Treeline. The answer there is poorly, in the sense "in a poor or improper or unsatisfactory manner", so seriously is there to be ruled out.
- clearlyadverb, Tier 3, Ridgeline. The answer there is distinctly, in the sense "clear to the mind", with seriously sitting one tile away.
Play seriously
The bank on this page is the bank the game plays from, so seriously reaches you as a board rather than a definition: the sentence first, four tiles, and the meaning after you choose.
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seriously carries no theme tag, so the ring starts at Foothills and widens alphabetically.
The same bank, read from both sides
seriously is an answer in 2 puzzles and a wrong tile in 3. That is how the bank is built, and it is why guessing by vibe stops working around tier three.