'Severely' definitions:
Definition of 'severely'
From: WordNet
adverb
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" [syn: badly, severely, gravely, seriously]
adverb
With sternness; in a severe manner; "`No,' she said sternly"; "peered severely over her glasses" [syn: sternly, severely]
adverb
Causing great damage or hardship; "industries hit hard by the depression"; "she was severely affected by the bank's failure" [syn: hard, severely]
Definition of 'Severely'
From: GCIDE
- Severe \Se*vere"\, a. [Compar. Severer; superl. Severest.] [L. severus; perhaps akin to Gr. ??? awe, ??? revered, holy, solemn, Goth. swikns innocent, chaste: cf. F. s['e]v[`e]re. Cf. Asseverate, Persevere.]
- 1. Serious in feeling or manner; sedate; grave; austere; not light, lively, or cheerful. [1913 Webster]
- Your looks alter, as your subject does, From kind to fierce, from wanton to severe. --Waller. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Very strict in judgment, discipline, or government; harsh; not mild or indulgent; rigorous; as, severe criticism; severe punishment. "Custody severe." --Milton. [1913 Webster]
- Come! you are too severe a moraler. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- Let your zeal, if it must be expressed in anger, be always more severe against thyself than against others. --Jer. Taylor. [1913 Webster]
- 3. Rigidly methodical, or adherent to rule or principle; exactly conformed to a standard; not allowing or employing unneccessary ornament, amplification, etc.; strict; -- said of style, argument, etc. "Restrained by reason and severe principles." --Jer. Taylor. [1913 Webster]
- The Latin, a most severe and compendious language. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]
- 4. Sharp; afflictive; distressing; violent; extreme; as, severe pain, anguish, fortune; severe cold. [1913 Webster]
- 5. Difficult to be endured; exact; critical; rigorous; as, a severe test. [1913 Webster]
- Syn: Strict; grave; austere; stern; morose; rigid; exact; rigorous; hard; rough; harsh; censorious; tart; acrimonious; sarcastic; satirical; cutting; biting; keen; bitter; cruel. See Strict. [1913 Webster] -- {Se*vere"ly}, adv. -- {Se*vere"ness}, n. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'severely'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- acutely,
- ascetically,
- austerely,
- awfully,
- badly,
- barely,
- brutally,
- coldly,
- coolly,
- critically,
- crudely,
- cruelly,
- dangerously,
- dourly,
- dreadfully,
- entirely,
- fatally,
- forbiddingly,
- fully,
- gloweringly,
- gravely,
- grievously,
- grimly,
- harshly,
- inhumanly,
- mercilessly,
- modestly,
- mortally,
- onerously,
- painfully,
- permanently,
- plainly,
- primitively,
- punitively,
- relentlessly,
- rigorously,
- savagely,
- seriously,
- simply,
- soberly,
- sparely,
- sparsely,
- starkly,
- sternly,
- strictly,
- stringently,
- terminally,
- tyrannically
Words containing 'Severely'
- In several,
- Sever,
- Severable,
- Several,
- Severalities,
- Severality,
- Severalize,
- Severally,
- Severance,
- Severe,
- Severed,
- Severeness,
- Severer,
- Severing,
- Severities,
- Severity,
- Joint and several,
- Severance, CO,
- Severance, KS,
- severable contract,
- severance agreement,
- several-seeded,
- severe combined immunodeficiency,
- severe acute respiratory syndrome,
- severe combined immunodeficiency disease