Severely — meaning, pronunciation & more

Definition

to a severe or serious degree

with sternness; in a severe manner

Pronunciation

🇺🇸American English

/sᵻvˈɪɹli/

🇬🇧British English

/sɪvˈiəlɪ/

🇮🇳Indian English

/sɪvˈiəlɪ/

4 syllables Say it as /sᵻvˈɪɹli/.

Examples

fingers so badly frozen they had to be amputated
badly injured
a severely impaired heart

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

badly hard seriously gravely sternly

Parts of Speech

adverb	to a severe or serious degree “fingers so badly frozen they had to be amputated”
adverb	with sternness; in a severe manner “`No,' she said sternly”
adverb	causing great damage or hardship “industries hit hard by the depression”

Around the World

Europe

🇩🇪German

stark

in schwerem oder ernsthaftem Ausmaß

🇫🇷French

gravement

à un degré grave ou sérieux

🇪🇸Spanish

severamente

en un grado severo o grave

🇮🇹Italian

gravemente

in misura grave o grave

🇳🇱Dutch

ernstig

in ernstige of ernstige mate

🇵🇹Portuguese

severamente

em um grau severo ou sério

🇷🇺Russian

строго

в тяжелой или серьезной степени

India

🇮🇳Hindi

कठोरता से

गंभीर या गंभीर स्तर तक

🇧🇩Bengali

গুরুতরভাবে

একটি গুরুতর বা গুরুতর ডিগ্রী পর্যন্ত

🇮🇳Tamil

கடுமையாக

கடுமையான அல்லது தீவிரமான அளவிற்கு

🇮🇳Telugu

తీవ్రంగా

తీవ్రమైన లేదా తీవ్రమైన స్థాయికి

🇮🇳Marathi

गंभीरपणे

गंभीर किंवा गंभीर प्रमाणात

🇮🇳Gujarati

ગંભીરપણે

ગંભીર અથવા ગંભીર ડિગ્રી સુધી

🇮🇳Kannada

ತೀವ್ರವಾಗಿ

ತೀವ್ರ ಅಥವಾ ಗಂಭೀರ ಮಟ್ಟಕ್ಕೆ

🇮🇳Malayalam

കഠിനമായി

കഠിനമായതോ ഗുരുതരമായതോ ആയ അളവിൽ

🇮🇳Punjabi

ਗੰਭੀਰਤਾ ਨਾਲ

ਇੱਕ ਗੰਭੀਰ ਜਾਂ ਗੰਭੀਰ ਡਿਗਰੀ ਤੱਕ

🇵🇰Urdu

سختی سے

شدید یا سنگین حد تک

East & Southeast Asia

🇨🇳Chinese

严重

严重或严重程度

🇯🇵Japanese

ひどく

深刻な、または深刻な程度に

🇰🇷Korean

심하게

심각하거나 심각한 정도

🇻🇳Vietnamese

nghiêm khắc

ở mức độ nghiêm trọng hoặc nghiêm trọng

🇹🇭Thai

อย่างรุนแรง

ในระดับรุนแรงหรือร้ายแรง

🇮🇩Indonesian

dengan parah

sampai tingkat yang parah atau serius

🇵🇭Filipino

grabe

sa isang malubha o seryosong antas

🇲🇾Malay

teruk

ke tahap yang teruk atau serius

Middle East

🇸🇦Arabic

بشدة

بدرجة شديدة أو خطيرة

🇮🇷Persian

به شدت

به درجات شدید یا جدی

🇹🇷Turkish

ciddi biçimde

şiddetli veya ciddi derecede

🇮🇱Hebrew

בצורה חמורה

במידה חמורה או רצינית

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