Firmly
Seriously
Seriously adverb - To a great degree.
Firmly and seriously are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Firmly" instead an adverb "Seriously".
Nearby Words: serious, seriousness
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- hard and firmly
- hard and seriously
- thoroughly and firmly
- thoroughly and seriously
- severely and firmly
- severely and seriously
- substantially and firmly
- substantially and seriously
- sincerely and firmly
- sincerely and seriously
- intently and firmly
- intently and seriously
- earnestly and firmly
- earnestly and seriously
Both words in one sentence
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Sophisticated as Hell: Walt firmly believed that animation was a real art form and not just matinee filler, and pushed hard for the medium to be taken seriously.
Source: Creator / Walt Disney -
Harrison is just a cop trying to bust a flasher and butting heads with a seriously deranged mall cop, but he's also such a sleazebag that he manages to stay pretty firmly in the villain category.
Source: Film / Observe and Report -
The only things that the show ever plays seriously is the relationships between San and Nagasumi, and even then, tongue is lodged firmly in cheek.
Source: Rule of Funny
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