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1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

abandon, ardency, ardor, commitment, committedness, decidedness, decision, decisiveness, decorousness, dedication, definiteness, demureness, determinateness, determination, determinedness, devotedness, devotion, devoutness, earnest, earnestness, faith, faithfulness, fervency, fervidness, fervor, fidelity, fire, formality, gravity, grimness, heartiness, heat, heatedness, impassionedness, intensity, intentness, long face, loyalty, moderation, no joke, no laughing matter, obstinacy, passion, passionateness, perseverance, persistence, purpose, purposefulness, relentlessness, resoluteness, resolution, resolve, resolvedness, sedateness, self-will, sincerity, single-mindedness, sober-mindedness, soberness, sobersidedness, sobersides, sobriety, solemnity, solemnness, somberness, spirit, staidness, straight face, temperance, tenacity, thoughtfulness, total commitment, vehemence, warmth, weightiness, will, zeal

Dictionary Results for seriousness:

1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)

seriousness
    n 1: an earnest and sincere feeling [syn: earnestness,
         seriousness, sincerity]
    2: the quality of arousing fear or distress; "he learned the
       seriousness of his illness" [syn: seriousness,
       distressfulness]
    3: the trait of being serious; "a lack of solemnity is not
       necessarily a lack of seriousness"- Robert Rice [syn:
       seriousness, earnestness, serious-mindedness,
       sincerity] [ant: frivolity, frivolousness]

2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Serious \Se"ri*ous\, a. [L. serius: cf. F. s['e]rieux, LL.
   seriosus.]
   1. Grave in manner or disposition; earnest; thoughtful;
      solemn; not light, gay, or volatile.
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            He is always serious, yet there is about his manner
            a graceful ease.                      --Macaulay.
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   2. Really intending what is said; being in earnest; not
      jesting or deceiving. --Beaconsfield.
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   3. Important; weighty; not trifling; grave.
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            The holy Scriptures bring to our ears the most
            serious things in the world.          --Young.
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   4. Hence, giving rise to apprehension; attended with danger;
      as, a serious injury.
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   Syn: Grave; solemn; earnest; sedate; important; weighty. See
        Grave.
        [1913 Webster] -- Se"ri*ous*ly, adv. --
        Se"ri*ous*ness, n.
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