deadly serious
Frequency: 7.310.1 per million words
completely and entirely serious
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Examples (20)
- He was deadly serious when he made the threat.
- Joe is deadly serious in his beliefs.
- Are you joking or are you deadly serious about quitting your job?
- When he said he was leaving, his tone was deadly serious.
- I could tell from her expression that she was deadly serious.
- She looked at me, her eyes deadly serious, and I knew it wasn't a joke.
- Listen to me, this is a deadly serious matter.
- The doctor's face was deadly serious as he delivered the news.
- The look on his face told me he was deadly serious.
- Despite his cheerful demeanor, he was deadly serious about his work.
- She's deadly serious about winning the competition.
- Are you deadly serious about wanting to quit your job?
- The president was deadly serious during the press conference on national security.
- The consequences of ignoring these warnings are deadly serious.
- I thought he was kidding, but it turns out he was deadly serious.
- He made it clear he was deadly serious about enforcing the new rules.
- Her tone was deadly serious, leaving no room for argument.
- Even though he often jokes, he can be deadly serious when necessary.
- The situation became deadly serious when the alarms went off.
- Her commitment to the project was deadly serious, leaving no room for doubt.