HOW TO PRONOUNCE
severely
/səˈvɪɹli/
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What does severely mean?
adverb
- 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.
“What you’re going for is to save life, not to drown your boat’s crew for nothing,” he growled severely in my ear.
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Because it is sometimes necessary to punish severely slight infractions when the men's tempers need sweetening, they ALWAYS punish slight infractions severely.
Zarathustra, however, kept looking into his face with a smile, all the time the man talked so severely—and shook silently his head.
You severely made them answer for their clothes, in a manner which you have seen good reason, in later life, to mitigate.