In Do you seriously mean that?, seriously is, indeed, an adverb of manner, but in my father is seriously ill, it is a synonym of extremely and very, and so an adverb of degree.
Which meaning does it express, "the speaker is always serious and I'm saying it seriously." or "not always serious but I'm saying it seriously right now"? (2) I’m being serious. I would assume that it meant "I'm being serious right now." It's not a good sentence if the speaker wishes to express a permanently serious nature or anything like that.
I was given this sentence by a student after we discussed the use of the word earnest vs earnestly. I know that my student has simply switched the word "seriously" with the word "earnestly" in this sentence and now I am wondering, why is it that we can "take something seriously" but when we say...
Dear all, I was wondering whether "take seriously" (as the dictionary says) means the same as "take serious". E.g. a) I take my job seriously. b) I take my job (more) serious. Thanks a lot for your help!
Hello. Here I bring you a new issue. After posting a question in a forum (asking for or against in relation to a certain matter), some people answered me the words "like seriously" (without any exclamation nor question mark), which I didn't know how to interpret (it may be some form of slang)...
I mean, seriously? I spend hours cleaning the whole house and then she wants to know why I haven't cleaned the table. (the implication being that the thing left to do is so small, it pales into insignificance compared to what has been accomplished). Me preguntó por qué no había limpiado la mesa. Quiero decir, ?en serio?