Seriously vs Bitterly - What's the difference?
seriously | bitterly |
(manner) In a serious or literal manner.
(speech act) (Used to attempt to introduce a serious point in a less serious conversation)
(speech act)
In a bitter manner.
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, title=(The Celebrity), chapter=4
, passage=Judge Short had gone to town, and Farrar was off for a three days' cruise up the lake. I was bitterly regretting I had not gone with him when the distant notes of a coach horn reached my ear, and I descried a four-in-hand winding its way up the inn road from the direction of Mohair.}}
* {{quote-news, year=2011, date=October 1, author=Phil McNulty, work=BBC Sport
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As adverbs the difference between seriously and bitterly
is that seriously is (manner) in a serious or literal manner while bitterly is in a bitter manner.seriously
English
Adverb
(en adverb)- He was hoping that we would take him seriously .
- ''Jimmy jokingly called Bob a doofus. Bob took the insult seriously .
- Now, seriously , why did you forget to feed the cat today?
- You baked 10 cakes. Seriously , why did you do that?
bitterly
English
Adverb
(en adverb)Everton 0-2 Liverpool, passage=Liverpool's £58m strikeforce of Andy Carroll and Luis Suarez scored the goals that settled the Merseyside derby at Goodison Park - but Everton were left complaining bitterly about Jack Rodwell's controversial early red card.}}