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.