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comparative more serious, superlative most serious
Without humor or expression of happiness; grave in manner or disposition examples
Important; weighty; not insignificant examples
Really intending what is said (or planned, etc); in earnest; not jocular or deceiving examples
(of a relationship) Committed. examples
not comparable
(colloquial, dialect) In a serious manner; seriously. quotations examples
The only time I walk out on singin' is when there's muckin' about and youse don't take it serious.
1957, Ray Lawler, Summer of the Seventeenth Doll, Sydney: Fontana Books, published 1974, page 68