serious /sēˈri-əs/

1. Grave
2. Staid
3. Earnest
4. Disinclined to lightness of mood
5. In earnest
6. Not to be taken lightly
7. Showing firmness of intention or commitment
8. Approaching the critical or dangerous
9. Concerned with weighty matters
10. Professedly religious
11. Significant, notable, or in significant quantities, as in serious money (informal)

seˈriocomˈic or seriocomˈical adjective

Partly serious and partly comic

seriocomˈically adverb

seˈriously adverb

1. In a serious manner
2. Extremely, as in seriously rich (informal)

seˈriousness noun

• modemed
• modeming
• modems
• modena
• modenas
• moder
• moderate
• moderate a call
• moderate breeze
• moderate breezes
• moderated
• moderate gale
• moderate gales
• moderate in a call
• moderately
• moderateness
• moderatenesses
• moderates
• moderating
• moderation
• moderations
• moderatism
• moderatisms
• moderato
• moderator