as in intentness
a mental state free of jesting or trifling
we knew from the doctor's seriousness that she didn't have good news
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Recent Examples of seriousness
Slater has met Bersten’s family Bersten revealed the seriousness of his relationship with Slater in a July 2025 Instagram post.
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Alyssa Davis, PEOPLE, 17 Sep. 2025
If the meeting proceeds, any recommendations made should be rejected as lacking legitimacy given the seriousness of the allegations and the current turmoil in CDC leadership.
—Beth Mole, ArsTechnica, 12 Sep. 2025
But that leadership and seriousness are balanced within a personality that’s critical to maintaining his team’s sanity as criticism rains.
—Noah White, Miami Herald, 12 Sep. 2025
The partnership with Lockheed Martin, which has decades of experience in navigation and GPS, reflects the seriousness of the push.
—Kapil Kajal, Interesting Engineering, 11 Sep. 2025
This performative solidarity was not appreciated by Saudi commentators who argued Egypt exaggerated the seriousness of Netanyahu's comments in a bid to drag Saudi Arabia in a confrontation with the Israelis for political reasons.
—Khaled Hassan, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Sep. 2025
The pace and seriousness of the young couple’s romance feel threatening to her.
—Aramide Tinubu, Variety, 10 Sep. 2025
Companies that treat their digital supply chain with the same seriousness as their physical supply chain will reduce risk and build trust with customers and partners.
—Sandy Carter, Forbes.com, 8 Sep. 2025
The seriousness of Letuli’s injury is not yet known.
—Kirk Kenney, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Sep. 2025
Alyssa Davis, PEOPLE, 17 Sep. 2025
If the meeting proceeds, any recommendations made should be rejected as lacking legitimacy given the seriousness of the allegations and the current turmoil in CDC leadership.
—Beth Mole, ArsTechnica, 12 Sep. 2025
But that leadership and seriousness are balanced within a personality that’s critical to maintaining his team’s sanity as criticism rains.
—Noah White, Miami Herald, 12 Sep. 2025
The partnership with Lockheed Martin, which has decades of experience in navigation and GPS, reflects the seriousness of the push.
—Kapil Kajal, Interesting Engineering, 11 Sep. 2025
This performative solidarity was not appreciated by Saudi commentators who argued Egypt exaggerated the seriousness of Netanyahu's comments in a bid to drag Saudi Arabia in a confrontation with the Israelis for political reasons.
—Khaled Hassan, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Sep. 2025
The pace and seriousness of the young couple’s romance feel threatening to her.
—Aramide Tinubu, Variety, 10 Sep. 2025
Companies that treat their digital supply chain with the same seriousness as their physical supply chain will reduce risk and build trust with customers and partners.
—Sandy Carter, Forbes.com, 8 Sep. 2025
The seriousness of Letuli’s injury is not yet known.
—Kirk Kenney, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for seriousness
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And hopefully, this early public investment will pay off big time as private companies find many commercial uses for low Earth orbit, such as zero-gravity hotels for space tourism or mini-factories for producing specialty materials.—
Paul Sutter,
Space.com,
17 Sep. 2025
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In this case, the new, smaller black hole that formed from the collision shot through space at more than 31 miles per second – fast enough to escape its host galaxy and the surrounding globular cluster of stars bound together by gravity.—
Eric Lagatta,
USA Today,
16 Sep. 2025
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For the Television Academy to recognize Hiller’s role in this show seems like a vote not just for a moving and intuitive performance, but also for earnestness.—
Paula Mejía,
The Atlantic,
15 Sep. 2025
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The earnestness with which chef-couple Sarah Cooper and Alan Hsu approach their vision makes Sun Moon Studio feel like a collaborative culinary experiment, a team project you’ve been invited to join in on.—
The Bon Appétit Staff,
Bon Appetit Magazine,
12 Sep. 2025
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Any solemnity that might be engendered by the president accompanied by an official entourage to his private residence near the Spanish Steps is amusingly offset by the robot law enforcement dog leading the way.—
David Rooney,
HollywoodReporter,
27 Aug. 2025
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Dressed in traditional wear and moving with a studied solemnity, the men remove evidence of Europe from the office.—
Lovia Gyarkye,
IndieWire,
19 Aug. 2025
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“Seriousness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/seriousness. Accessed 20 Sep. 2025.
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