seriously

(r) in a serious manner
- talking earnestly with his son
- she started studying snakes in earnest
- a play dealing seriously with the question of divorce
earnestly, in earnest,
(r) to a severe or serious degree
- fingers so badly frozen they had to be amputated
- badly injured
- a severely impaired heart
- is gravely ill
- was seriously ill
badly, severely, gravely,

earnestly in earnest badly severely gravely