severely

Definition

In a severe manner.

Etymology

From severe + -ly.

Example Sentences

• "After the first day they left her severely alone, their plea to their husbands, her uncompromising independence."
• "Meanwhile the Christian Church from these speculations has kept itself severely apart - as of course representing a unique and divine revelation little concerned or interested in such heathenisms[.]"
• "Regular freight trains between Abergavenny and Merthyr were withdrawn on November 24, 1954, because it was found both practicable and more economical to send this traffic by less severely-graded routes."