Synonyms for severely
se·vere·ly

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1. badly, severely, gravely, seriouslyadverb

   to a severe or serious degree

   "fingers so badly frozen they had to be amputated"; "badly injured"; "a severely impaired heart"; "is gravely ill"; "was seriously ill"

   Synonyms:
   mischievously, badly, poorly, bad, disadvantageously, sternly, ill, gravely, staidly, hard, naughtily, soberly, in earnest, seriously, earnestly

2. sternly, severelyadverb

   with sternness; in a severe manner

   "`No,' she said sternly"; "peered severely over her glasses"

   Synonyms:
   hard, badly, sternly, seriously, gravely

3. hard, severelyadverb

   causing great damage or hardship

   "industries hit hard by the depression"; "she was severely affected by the bank's failure"

   Synonyms:
   badly, firmly, sternly, gravely, hard, intemperately, heavily, seriously

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1. List of paraphrases for "severely":

   seriously, gravely, harshly, strictly, strongly, heavily, badly, rigorously, hard, sharply, greatly, grave, serious, extremely, critically, sternly, considerably, deeply, significantly, violently, highly, roundly, severe, very

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1. Charlie Baker:

   The purpose of moving forward with these measures now is to act before the numbers increase to the point where the virus spread is severely impacting the commonwealth.

2. Mikaela Shiffrin:

   I would never have expected to feel in this moment -- severely underperforming in an Olympics -- I would never have felt that humans could be so kind, i never would've expected that the most surprising thing of my Olympic experience is how kind people have been in the face of my failure. I mean, it is failure. It's OK to say that. I am OK with that and I'm sorry for it, but I also was trying and I'm proud of that.

3. Brent Probinsky:

   The principal, Melissa Carter, and Melissa Carter assistant, Celia Self, who held down and severely paddled this six-year-old first grader, violated the clearly written rule of the Hendry County School District and the laws of the State of Florida.

4. New York:

   I believe these antiracism initiatives are incredibly divisive and counterproductive, lead to more segregation, and have severely damaged the sense of community.

5. Mahtowin Munro:

   We'll have a speaker from a tribal community in Louisiana that has been severely impacted by climate collapse, and specifically by Hurricane Ida, we'll have somebody who's just come back from COP26 talk about how Indigenous people were largely excluded from that( the event) and how world leaders are refusing to listen to what Indigenous people everywhere are saying about what needs to be done to address climate justice.