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Significantly vs Seriously - What's the difference?

significantly | seriously |

As adverbs the difference between significantly and seriously

is that significantly is in a significant manner or to a significant extent while seriously is (manner) in a serious or literal manner.

significantly

English

Adverb

(-)
  • In a significant manner or to a significant extent.
  • Synonyms

    * way

    seriously

    English

    Adverb

    (en adverb)
  • (manner) In a serious or literal manner.
  • He was hoping that we would take him seriously .
    ''Jimmy jokingly called Bob a doofus. Bob took the insult seriously .
  • (speech act) (Used to attempt to introduce a serious point in a less serious conversation)
  • Now, seriously , why did you forget to feed the cat today?
  • (speech act)
  • You baked 10 cakes. Seriously , why did you do that?

    Derived terms

    * srsly (abbreviation) English manner adverbs English speech-act adverbs