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English to English adverb
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to a severe or serious degree |  | Example: fingers so badly frozen they had to be amputated
badly injured
a severely impaired heart
is gravely ill
was seriously ill
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with sternness; in a severe manner | | Example: `No,' she said sternly
peered severely over her glasses
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causing great damage or hardship | | Example: industries hit hard by the depression
she was severely affected by the bank's failure
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