Meaning of seriousness | Babel Free

Definitions

1. The state or quality of being serious
2. The state or quality of being serious.
   countable, uncountable
3. ernstigheid جِدِّيَّه، خُطورَه важност seriedade vážnost, opravdovost der Ernst alvor σοβαρότηταseriedad tõsidus اهميت vakavuus sérieuxרצינות गंभीरता ozbiljnost, važnost súlyosság, komolyság kesungguhan alvara, alvarleiki serietà 真剣さ 진지함 rimtumas nopietnība keseriusan ernstalvorpowaga جدي توب، رښتيا seriedade seriozitate серьезность; важность vážnosť; náročnosť resnost ozbiljnost allvar[lighet], allvarsamhet ความเคร่งเครียด; ความเอาจริงเอาจัง ciddiyet, ağır başlılık 嚴肅，嚴重性 серйозність سنجیدگی...
4. in a serious way; to a serious extent. Is he seriously thinking of being an actor?; She is seriously ill. baie بِجدِيَّه، بِخُطورَه сериозно seriamente vážně ernsthaft alvorligt σοβαράen serio tõsiselt بطور جدي vakavasti sérieusementברצינות गंभीरता से ozbiljno komolyan secara serius alvarlega seriamente 本気で 진지하게 rimtai nopietni benar-benar ernstigalvorlig, for alvorpoważnie په جدي توګه، په رښتيا، په خطر ناك ډول seriamente serios серьезно; тяжело vážne resno ozbiljno allvarligt อย่างเอาจริงเอา...
5. Thoughtful, somber, or grave in manner: He became serious when he was asked about the economy.
6. Not joking or trifling: I was serious when I said I liked your haircut.
7. Deeply interested or involved: a serious golfer.
8. Meriting great concern: a serious illness; a serious mistake.
9. Performed with careful thought: a serious effort to reform tax policy.
10. Pertaining to important rather than trivial matters: a serious discussion.
11. Sincerely meant: mistook a sarcastic comment for a serious question.
12. Intended for sophisticated people: serious music.

Equivalents

Examples

““[…] She takes the whole thing with desperate seriousness. But the others are all easy and jovial—thinking about the good fare that is soon to be eaten, about the hired fly, about anything.””

“‘Then the father has a great fight with his terrible conscience,’ said Munday with granite seriousness. ‘Should he make a row with the police […]? Or should he say nothing about it and condone brutality for fear of appearing in the newspapers?”

“Though Bane’s sing-song voice gives his pronouncements a funny lilt, he doesn’t have any of the Joker’s deranged wit, and Nolan isn’t interested in undercutting his seriousness for the sake of a breezier entertainment.”

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