severely 音標拼音: [səv'ɪrli]
ad . 嚴厲地,嚴重
severely adv 1 :
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 "
[
synonym : {
badly }, {
severely }, {
gravely }, {
seriously }]
2 :
with sternness ;
in a severe manner ; "`
No ,'
she said sternly ";
"
peered severely over her glasses " [
synonym : {
sternly },
{
severely }]
3 :
causing great damage or hardship ; "
industries hit hard by the depression "; "
she was severely affected by the bank '
s failure " [
synonym : {
hard }, {
severely }]
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 .
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Your looks alter ,
as your subject does ,
From kind to fierce ,
from wanton to severe .
--
Waller .
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2 .
Very strict in judgment ,
discipline ,
or government ;
harsh ;
not mild or indulgent ;
rigorous ;
as ,
severe criticism ;
severe punishment . "
Custody severe ." --
Milton .
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Come !
you are too severe a moraler . --
Shak .
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Let your zeal ,
if it must be expressed in anger ,
be always more severe against thyself than against others . --
Jer .
Taylor .
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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 .
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The Latin ,
a most severe and compendious language .
--
Dryden .
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4 .
Sharp ;
afflictive ;
distressing ;
violent ;
extreme ;
as ,
severe pain ,
anguish ,
fortune ;
severe cold .
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5 .
Difficult to be endured ;
exact ;
critical ;
rigorous ;
as ,
a severe test .
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Syn :
Strict ;
grave ;
austere ;
stern ;
morose ;
rigid ;
exact ;
rigorous ;
hard ;
rough ;
harsh ;
censorious ;
tart ;
acrimonious ;
sarcastic ;
satirical ;
cutting ;
biting ;
keen ;
bitter ;
cruel .
See {
Strict }.
[
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Se *
vere "
ly },
adv . -- {
Se *
vere "
ness },
n .
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48 Moby Thesaurus words for "
severely ":
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
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