severely
Meaning of severely
adverb
- to an undesirably great or intense degree.
our business has been severely affected by the slowdown
severely injured patients
- strictly or harshly.
the culprits will be severely punished
- in a very plain style.
her hair was severely pulled back into a bun
Information about severely
- It is an adverb.
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Hyphenation of severely
se-verely
- It consists of 2 syllables and 8 chars.
- severely is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables
severely synonyms
Meaning badly:
Meaning sternly:
Meaning hard:
Meaning in a way that expresses disapproval:
Meaning to a very severe or serious degree:
Meaning (with reference to something unpleasant or unwelcome) intensely:
Meaning to a very high degree or level of intensity:
Meaning in a way that is able or likely to cause harm or injury:
Meaning with death as a result:
Meaning with a sharp or steeply tapering edge or point:
Meaning too plainly for politeness; bluntly:
Meaning in a way that is secure and reliable:
Meaning in a savagely violent or aggressive manner:
Meaning in a fierce, violent, and uncontrolled manner:
Meaning in a manner that is unpleasantly rough or jarring to the senses:
Meaning in a way that involves rigid enforcement or that demands obedience:
Meaning in an extremely thorough and careful way:
Meaning in an unceasingly intense or harsh way:
Meaning in a way that shows no mercy:
Meaning in a manner lacking gentleness; harshly or violently:
Meaning in a savagely violent way:
Meaning (with reference to a person) in a way that wilfully causes pain or suffering to others:
Meaning in a very serious, gloomy, or depressing manner:
Meaning in a manner that is not relaxed or friendly:
Meaning in a way that lacks friendliness or enthusiasm:
Meaning without affection or warmth of feeling; unemotionally:
Meaning able to be perceived easily:
Meaning in a straightforward or plain manner:
Meaning in a way that is severe or harsh in appearance or outline:
Meaning in a way that relates to ancient Greek or Latin literature, art, or culture:
severely antonyms
Meaning to a small degree; not considerably:
Meaning in a mild or gentle manner:
Translation of severely
- French: sérieusement, grièvement
- Italian: seriamente, gravement
- Spanish: seriamente, severamente, gravemente
Words that rhyme with severely
rely, barely, charely, foursquarely, rarely, semirarely, sparely, squarely, unawarely, unwarely, warely, yarely, macabrely, sombrely, mediocrely, austerely, insincerely, merely, overseverely, semiseverely, sincerely, superseverely, unausterely, unseverely, unsincerely, meagrely, direly, entirely, squirely, sorely, unsorely, temprely, bizarrely, squirrely, misrely, burely, cocksurely, creaturely, demurely, featurely, futurely, hypercreaturely, immaturely, impurely, insecurely, leisurely, maturely, measurely, nonmaturely, obscurely
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