severely

English

Etymology

severe +‎ -ly

Pronunciation

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Adverb

severely (comparative more severely, superlative most severely)

1. In a severe manner.
   • 1902, Barbara Baynton, edited by Sally Krimmer and Alan Lawson, Bush Studies (Portable Australian Authors: Barbara Baynton), St Lucia: University of Queensland Press, published 1980, page 15:

     After the first day they left her severely alone, their plea to their husbands, her uncompromising independence.

   • 1920, Edward Carpenter, Pagan and Christian Creeds, New York: Harcourt, Brace and Co., published 1921, page 11:

     Meanwhile the Christian Church from these speculations has kept itself severely apart - as of course representing a unique and divine revelation little concerned or interested in such heathenisms[.]

Translations

in a severe manner

• Bulgarian: сурово (bg) (surovo), строго (bg) (strogo)
• Catalan: severament (ca)
• Esperanto: severe
• Finnish: vakavasti (fi), ankarasti (fi)
• French: sévèrement (fr)
• Galician: severamente
• German: streng (de)
• Gothic: 𐌰𐌱𐍂𐌰𐌱𐌰 (abraba)
• Greek: εξαιρετικά (el) (exairetiká), εξαιρετικώς (el) (exairetikós), σοβαρά (el) (sovará), σφοδρά (el) (sfodrá)
• Korean: 심하게 (ko) (simhage), 엄격하게 (ko) (eomgyeokhage)
• Latin: acerbe
• Portuguese: severamente (pt)
• Russian: суро́во (ru) (suróvo)
• Spanish: severamente (es)
• Volapük: seväriko, seväro