Seriousness
['sɪərɪəsnəs] or ['sɪrɪəsnəs]
Definition
(noun.) the trait of being serious; 'a lack of solemnity is not necessarily a lack of seriousness'- Robert Rice.
(noun.) the quality of arousing fear or distress; 'he learned the seriousness of his illness'.
Inputed by Katrina--From WordNet
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Gravity, solemnity, demureness, sedateness.
Typist: Tyler
Examples
- He looked a little grave about what had taken place in Royd Lane, and she tried to smile him out of his seriousness. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- Neither in joke nor in seriousness. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- Perdita was struck by the impassioned seriousness of his asseverations. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- Camarada to me is what all should be called with seriousness in this war. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- In all seriousness he devoted himself to the work of peace. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Sit thee down and forget thy seriousness. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- In seriousness. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- The blood had risen strongly under Selden's dark skin, but his emotion showed itself only in an added seriousness of manner. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
- Yes, Esther, said he with a gentle seriousness, it is to be forgotten now, to be forgotten for a while. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- This man Blanquet was a man of extreme seriousness and furthermore very devout. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- It was the recollection of them that had turned her infant gaiety to seriousness, and had impressed her with high and restless thoughts. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- He took everything with great seriousness. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- There was a seriousness in Harriet's manner which prepared her, quite as much as her words, for something more than ordinary. Jane Austen. Emma.
- He could dispel the seriousness of Perdita, and take the sting from the torturing activity of my nature. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- But now we must climb a little in seriousness to get there. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
Typed by Jody