severity(SERIOUS)

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all that matters
centre of gravity
cornerstone
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focus
grandness
import
meaning
momentousness
overfocus
pertinence
pre-eminence
precedence
substantial
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seriousnessnoun[U] (NOT JOKING)

the state of being serious, rather than intending to be funny: 严肃;认真
In all seriousness now (= I am now being serious and no longer joking), I do think there's a problem here that we need to straighten out.现在说正经的——我确实认为这儿有个问题我们得解决。

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turgidly

seriousness | American Dictionary

seriousness
noun[ U ]
us/ˈsɪr·i·əs·nəs/
the quality or state of being serious or severe in effect :
I don’t think he has any idea of the seriousness of the situation.

Examples of seriousness

seriousness
Without denying the seriousness of the environmental crisis, he wants to contribute to its overcoming by reminding us of the richness of this pre-modern heritage.
A woman who removed the device may not admit it or report it as an expulsion; she may exaggerate the seriousness of a side effect.
The rhythm guitar plays a flamenco-like rhythm, simultaneously referencing the mock high seriousness and the drumming feet of the flamenco dancer.
However, during other episodes or parts thereof the performers intentionally subverted the 'seriousness and compulsion for precision', as though to ridicule or laugh at themselves.
All of which reinforced their belief in its seriousness.
Three overlapping frameworks help to explain why individuals have certain perceptions about the seriousness of type 2 diabetes.
What is considered in this paper are the implications of perceptions of seriousness on initiatives for early detection.
Such is the seriousness of the situation that the same pattern is now being reproduced in other institutions of higher learning.
In all seriousness, however, should we or shouldn't we (?'should not we', ?'should we not') begin sentences with conjunctions, whether in speech or writing?
The delinquents were categorized on a somewhat idiosyncratic four-point scale of seriousness of the worst recorded offence.
The increasing seriousness with which premillenialism was taken implied an obsession with violence.
He is weaker, however, in asserting that this same seriousness points to the music's lack of function.
Paradoxically, the full seriousness of the story's engagement with the uncanny and the repressed is released only when it is read as parody.
Officials failed to anticipate its seriousness and when evidence trickled in of urban joblessness, they downplayed its significance.
Their article, which includes highly poignant and well-observed case studies, demonstrates the seriousness of the problems encountered.
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Collocations withseriousness

seriousness

These are words often used in combination with seriousness.

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degree of seriousness
At what degreeofseriousness does legal trouble become crime?
great seriousness
The hypothesis of multiple religious ends impels us to take the testimony of the traditions and their believers with greatseriousness.
high seriousness
The rhythm guitar plays a flamenco-like rhythm, simultaneously referencing the mock highseriousness and the drumming feet of the flamenco dancer.
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