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adjective

Serious adj.

Grave in manner or disposition; earnest; thoughtful; solemn; not light, gay, or volatile. "He is always serious, yet there is about his manner a graceful ease."

Really intending what is said; being in earnest; not jesting or deceiving.

Important; weighty; not trifling; grave. "The holy Scriptures bring to our ears the most serious things in the world."

Hence, giving rise to apprehension; attended with danger; as, a serious injury.

Synonyms: Grave; solemn; earnest; sedate; important; weighty. See Grave.

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"Serious" Quotes from Famous Books

... island, and then he started to return by coming straight back through the woods. That is all I know. I am here to learn if he returned safely. If he did, I intended to warn him that his life was in danger if he should go about the island alone. You must see that I am serious now." ...

— Frank Merriwell's Cruise • Burt L. Standish

... necessary to his system he therefore had recourse to the Divine Omnipotence, by whose interposition he now believes it will he effected. This opinion, so incomprehensible, is said to have originated in Persia, among the Magi, and finds a great number of adherents, who have never given it a serious examination: but the doctrine of the resurrection appears perfectly useless to all those, who believe in the existence of a soul that feels, thinks, suffers, and enjoys, after a separation from the body: ...

— The System of Nature, Vol. 1 • Baron D'Holbach

... though painful, and particularly uncomfortable, was not serious. Tom was his constant companion and attendant while Quincy passed nearly all his time with his wife. She improved rapidly and their departure was delayed only until ...

— The Further Adventures of Quincy Adams Sawyer and Mason's Corner Folks • Charles Felton Pidgin

... is, said to me once, has a certain degree of truth. I felt it in the last fit of the gout, when my pretty niece was smoothing my pillows. A nurse, as we grow older, may be of use to one. I wish to make this girl like me, or be grateful to me. I am meditating a longer and more serious attachment ...

— Night and Morning, Complete • Edward Bulwer-Lytton

... two weeks later, I got a letter from Washington telling me to go at once to Douglas, Arizona. It sorter scared the wife and me at first because neither of us had ever been out of Iowa, but I told her that I was sure it wasn't anything serious—I thought that Uncle Sam just had some sick hosses down there and wanted me to go ...

— "And they thought we wouldn't fight" • Floyd Gibbons

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