Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • In a severe manner, in any sense of the word severe.

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  • adverb In a severe manner.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • adverb causing great damage or hardship
  • adverb with sternness; in a severe manner
  • adverb to a severe or serious degree

Etymologies

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severe +‎ -ly

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Examples

  • A UN food agency yesterday released grim footage of what it described as severely malnourished North Korean children in areas hit by flooding.

    The Independent - Frontpage RSS Feed 2011

  • "I wasn't quite sure what the word 'severely' meant," she said with a smile.

    NYT > Home Page By JEFF ZELENY 2012

  • "I wasn't quite sure what the word 'severely' meant," she said with a smile.

    NYT > Global Home By JEFF ZELENY 2012

  • "I wasn't quite sure what the word 'severely' meant," she said with a smile.

    NYT > Home Page By JEFF ZELENY 2012

  • ROME - A U.N. food agency on Friday released grim footage of what it described as severely malnourished North Korean children in the country hit by recent flooding.

    StarTribune.com rss feed 2011

  • Last year, U.S. counterterrorism officials said the number of foreigners heading to Iraq had trickled from hundreds to "tens" in what they described as a severely weakened al-Qaida in

    StarTribune.com rss feed 2010

  • Last year, U.S. counterterrorism officials said the number of foreigners heading to Iraq had trickled from hundreds to "tens" in what they described as a severely weakened al-Qaida in

    Yahoo! News: Business - Opinion 2010

  • Price referred to Coleman as her husband when she called 911 on May 26, saying the actor had fallen and was bleeding severely from the back of his head.

    Whachu talkin’ ’bout Shannon? « 2010

  • I was hoping he would give me up and go, for by this time I was suffering severely from the cold.

    YELLOW HANDKERCHIEF 2010

  • Dialysis may be necessary to decrease mortality in severely poisoned patients.

    Aspirin: effects, poisoning 2010

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