seriousness Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun an earnest and sincere feeling
    earnestness; sincerity.
  2. noun the quality of arousing fear or distress
    distressfulness.
    • he learned the seriousness of his illness
  3. noun the trait of being serious
    earnestness; serious-mindedness; sincerity.
    • a lack of solemnity is not necessarily a lack of seriousness"- Robert Rice

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