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severely

/səˈvɪɹli/

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What does severely mean?

adverb

  1. In a severe manner; with severity.

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IPA pronunciation

/səˈvɪɹli/

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In recent years, however, the impact of fighting an internal war has severely affected the economy and food has to be imported.
United States. Central Intelligence AgencyThe 1990 CIA World FactbookProject Gutenberg ebook #14
“What you’re going for is to save life, not to drown your boat’s crew for nothing,” he growled severely in my ear.
Joseph ConradThe Mirror of the SeaProject Gutenberg ebook #1058
More book examples (3)
Because it is sometimes necessary to punish severely slight infractions when the men's tempers need sweetening, they ALWAYS punish slight infractions severely.
Stewart Edward WhiteThe Land of FootprintsProject Gutenberg ebook #1378
Zarathustra, however, kept looking into his face with a smile, all the time the man talked so severely—and shook silently his head.
Friedrich Wilhelm NietzscheThus Spake Zarathustra: A Book for All and NoneTranslated by Thomas CommonProject Gutenberg ebook #1998
You severely made them answer for their clothes, in a manner which you have seen good reason, in later life, to mitigate.
Alice MeynellThe ChildrenProject Gutenberg ebook #2012