severely

From severe +‎ -ly.

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severely (comparative more severely, superlative most severely)

1. In a severe manner.

   Synonym: heavily

   • 1902, Barbara Baynton, edited by Sally Krimmer and Alan Lawson, Bush Studies (Portable Australian Authors: Barbara Baynton), St Lucia: University of Queensland Press, published 1980, page 15:

     After the first day they left her severely alone, their plea to their husbands, her uncompromising independence.

   • 1920, Edward Carpenter, Pagan and Christian Creeds, New York: Harcourt, Brace and Co., published 1921, page 11:

     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[.]

   • 1958 February, “Notes and News: Merthyr-Abergavenny Service”, in Railway Magazine, page 138:

     Regular freight trains between Abergavenny and Merthyr were withdrawn on November 24, 1954, because it was found both practicable and more economical to send this traffic by less severely-graded routes.

   • 2021 March 8, Kelsie Smith, “Teachers are making surprise visits to students who are struggling with online learning”, in CNN‎^[1], archived from the original on 30 June 2021:

     It was one out several unannounced home visits the teachers would make to check-in with students who had been severely disengaged while online learning during the Covid-19 pandemic.