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What does seriousness mean?
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seriousness

The quality of being serious. His seriousness in his work is rather impressive.

seriousness

(= earnestness) an earnest and sincere feeling the quality of arousing fear or distress he learned the seriousness of his illness the trait of being serious a lack of solemnity is not necessarily a lack of seriousness — Robert Rice

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Simple sentences

Despite the seriousness of his illness, Mr Robinson is in good spirits.
Bob Johnson tried to make people realize the seriousness of the situation in Africa.
He wrote a letter dealing with the matter in all seriousness.
I am well aware of the seriousness of the situation.
This has finally convinced me of the seriousness of the situation.

Movie subtitles

No game, no festival, no dancing - only seriousness and praying!
Martinez, you know the seriousness of perjury?
Look, Warren, the reason I asked if you have a family was that. Well, I thought if you had some children, you might realize the seriousness of this.
In all seriousness, this is really good.
Something to dramatise for them and their people the seriousness ofthe situation.
Well, Dutilleul, do you realize the seriousness of the words I'm now forced to include in my report to Mr. Director?
Only Melanie resisted. for an Indian girl knows better the seriousness oflove.
Didn't you realise - - The seriousness of Queeg's warning about collusion in mutiny?
You would do well to consider the seriousness of the situation you are in.
My child, I don't underestimate for a moment the seriousness of your faults.
Sister, have you really considered the seriousness of what you're doing?
Let me be sure you understand the seriousness of the charge against you.
But it is high time they learned the seriousness of life!
A gift of gold is a gift of seriousness.
He began to see the seriousness of what he had done.
What's terrible is I came hoping to find an army taking its task with seriousness.
The last rites for that hairy old chimp, performed with the utmost seriousness. As if she were laying to rest an only child.
No, in all seriousness, this is really good.
Something to dramatise for them and their people the seriousness of the situation.
It's the extraordinary depth of feeling that you get from Clift's face from his movements, from his seriousness from his sobriety, from his romanticism that makes the picture as powerful as it is.
And I think that I Confess was fulfilling in that way because the seriousness of the devotion of the priest matched a serious devotion that Monty had for himself in relationship to other people.
I hope you both appreciate the seriousness of this case.
Please consider the seriousness of our situation.
You're old enough to realize the seriousness of it.
What's terrible is I came hoping to find an army taking its task with seriousness. Instead I find you have a 40-piece band.
In all seriousness, I'd like to see you again.
Paragraph 3. Permanent revolution only has meaning if the diversity and seriousness of the politico-economic team allows us to surmount the hazards of the situation.
Seriousness is a consequence of time. You give too much value to time.
You're still too young to realize the seriousness of certain things.
Gentlemen, I don't think we need to comment, on the seriousness of the situation.
Lord President, I don't think you understand the seriousness of the situation.
My dear. I'm sure noone wishes to minimize the seriousness of what happened.
In Warsaw, they're not aware of the seriousness of the situation.
Do you realise the seriousness of your allegation?
I consider seriousness an admirable trait of character. But it can be overdone.

News and current affairs

It is a measure of the seriousness of our problem that CO2 is already at 386 ppm, and is rising by two ppm each year.
A person who is morally sensitive to the seriousness of starting a war on the basis of misleading information would take appropriate steps.
Vajpayee should test Pakistan's seriousness on this point.
As in the late 19 th century, we have the spectacle of the world's superpower treating indifference as a sign of seriousness!
And, given the seriousness of the downside risks to growth in advanced and emerging economies alike, the correction could be a bellwether of worse to come for the global economy and financial markets in 2013.
Paul Wolfowitz, Deputy Secretary of Defense and former US Ambassador to Indonesia, said that the US must bring new seriousness to helping Indonesia in its quest to secure a stable democracy and prosperous economy.
Offenders must realize the seriousness of their offences by the kind of sentences they get, but there must be hope, hope that the offender can become a useful member of society, after paying the price they owe to society.
They are misjudging the seriousness of the situation.
But the seriousness of the current situation extends beyond particular laws, no matter how noxious they may be.
Moreover, impugning populists' intelligence and seriousness only plays into their hands: See how the arrogant, entrenched elites, they will counter, dismiss the common sense of the people.
Yet Obama lacks a medium-term vision to deal with the seriousness of the situation - an oversight that, sooner or later, will cost the US dearly.
In view of the seriousness of the questions under consideration at the two summits, Putin's presence would have been helpful.
Scientists themselves have operated with great seriousness of purpose in educating the public.
We also admire its monetary seriousness, attachment to fiscal rigor, and quest for exports, despite its lack of consideration for the harm done to those enduring the deficits corresponding to Germany's surpluses.
But if governments or individuals use this as an excuse to reduce assistance to the world's poorest people, they would only multiply the seriousness of the problem for the world as a whole.
This is one of the highest such subsidies in the world, attesting to the authorities' seriousness about encouraging consumers and fleet owners to switch.
The first test is seriousness of risk: Is the threatened harm of such a kind and scale as tojustify prima facie the use of force?
Most important, robust recovery requires a degree of seriousness and constructive collaboration in Washington that seems elusive today.
With Hamas now calling explicitly for a third intifada, there is no denying the seriousness of the situation.
With Hatoyama continuing to oppose an increase in consumption tax in the next four years, the issue will be a test of the government's fundamental seriousness.
Iran's participation in an international peace conference is an absolute necessity, if only to test Rowhani's seriousness.
Because JGBs are purchased mainly by domestic organizations and households, there is little risk of capital flight, despite the seriousness of the budget situation.
There is no formula, but, befitting the seriousness of the challenge and Bhutan's deep tradition of Buddhist reflection, there is an active and important process of national deliberation.
With Hatoyama continuing to oppose an increase in consumption tax in the next four years, the issue will be a test of the government's fundamental seriousness. In last year's general election, the DPJ offered countless rosy promises.

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