severely

adverb/səˈvɪrli/

Frequency rank: #3,716 of 20,003 in the WORDED list (wordfreq data)

Meaning

to a very great or intense degree; very seriously

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Example sentence

The region was severely affected by the drought last summer.

Synonyms & related words

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