seriously

English

seriously (comparative more seriously, superlative most seriously)

(manner) In a serious or literal manner.
He was hoping that we would take him seriously.

Jimmy jokingly called Bob a doofus. Bob took the insult seriously.
(speech act) Used to attempt to introduce a serious point in a less serious conversation
Now, seriously, why did you forget to feed the cat today?
(speech act) Used to call back to a previous point, either in disbelief or emphasis
You baked 10 cakes. Seriously, why did you do that?

in a serious or literal manner

Arabic: بِجِدِّيَّة‎‎ (bi-jiddiyya)
Belarusian: сур'ёзна (surʹjózna)
Bulgarian: сериозно (bg) (seriózno)
Catalan: seriosament
Chinese:
Mandarin: 認真地 (zh), 认真地 (zh) (rènzhēn de), 鄭重地 (zh), 郑重地 (zh) (zhèngzhòng de)
Czech: vážně (cs)
Esperanto: grave (eo), serioze
Finnish: vakavasti (fi), tosissaan, vakavissaan
French: sérieusement (fr), gravement (fr)
German: ernst (de), ernsthaft (de)
Hungarian: komolyan (hu)
Italian: seriamente (it), gravemente (it)

Japanese: まじに (ja) (maji ni), 真面目に (ja) (まじめに, majime ni), 真剣に (ja) (しんけんに, shinken ni)
Macedonian: сериозно (seriozno)
Polish: poważnie (pl)
Portuguese: seriamente, a sério
Romanian: serios (ro), cu seriozitate
Russian: серьёзно (ru) (serʹjózno)
Slovak: vážne
Spanish: en serio
Swedish: allvarligt (sv), seriöst (sv)
Turkish: cidden (tr)
Ukrainian: серйозно (serjózno)
Vietnamese: nghiêm túc (vi)

speech-act

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