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uk /ˈsɪə.ri.əs.nəs/ us /ˈsɪr.i.əs.nəs/

› the state of being very bad or severe:

I don't think he has any idea of the seriousness of the situation.

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› the state of being serious, rather than intending to be funny:

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.

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(Definition of “seriousness” from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

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(Definition of “seriousness” from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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