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+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=16th century|origins=la sērius}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * /se.rjaˈmen.te/^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''seriamente'''^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[af|it|serio|-mente]], the adverb of [[serio|t=serious]].^(GRADIT 2003)^(Devoto–Oli 2026)^(Wiktionary)

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+ The adjective is a learned borrowing from [[la|sērius|t=grave, earnest]], said above all of things.^(DELI 1999)^(Nocentini 2010) Nocentini dates the adjective to the middle of the 16th century, while DELI's first record is Sforza Pallavicino, before 1667.^(Nocentini 2010)^(DELI 1999) It is [[es|serio]] in Spanish, while French uses the derivative [[m|fr|sérieux]].^(Nocentini 2010) The Latin word is compared with [[lt|svarùs|t=heavy]] and [[goh|swāri|t=heavy, grievous]], the source of [[de|schwer]], which show the original meaning “heavy”;^(Nocentini 2010)^(Wiktionary) Wiktionary gives the root as [[ine-pro|*swer-|t=heavy]].^(Nocentini 2010)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ GRADIT and Devoto–Oli date the adverb to the 16th century.^(GRADIT 2003)^(Devoto–Oli 2026) Among the early examples in the GDLI is Paolo Segneri's story of a nobleman from beyond the Alps who asked a learned man ''seriamente'', “in earnest”, whether the same sins were equally grave in every country.^(GDLI)^(Tommaseo–Bellini 1861)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ The adverb has kept the sense “in a serious way, not jokingly”, often opposed to joking or irony: in a letter Carducci tells Elvira that he loves her ''seriamente''.^(GDLI) Tommaseo records ''pensare seriamente'' and ''seriamente occupato'', and the sense “not as a pastime”, of returning to one's studies in earnest.^(Tommaseo–Bellini 1861) The GDLI also has the sense “after careful thought”.^(GDLI)

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+ The modern dictionaries add a second sense, “gravely, to a worrying degree”, as of illness.^(GRADIT 2003)^(Devoto–Oli 2026)^(Gabrielli 2020) The superlative ''seriissimamente'' occurs in Carlo Dossi and in the Futurist manifestos.^(GDLI)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 16th century – ''Seriamente'' is first recorded.^(GRADIT 2003)^(Devoto–Oli 2026)

+ * Middle of the 16th century – Nocentini's date for ''serio''.^(Nocentini 2010)

+ * Before 1667 – Sforza Pallavicino uses ''serio''.^(DELI 1999)

+ * 1673 – Paolo Segneri uses ''serietà''.^(DELI 1999)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Adverb===

+ # [[m|en|seriously]]: with seriousness or commitment, not jokingly or superficially: ''Ne abbiamo parlato seriamente per un'ora.''^(GRADIT 2003)^(Devoto–Oli 2026)^(Gabrielli 2020)

+ # Gravely, to a worrying degree: ''È rimasto seriamente ferito.''^(GRADIT 2003)^(Devoto–Oli 2026)^(Gabrielli 2020)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[serio]]

+ * [[serietà]]

+ * [[la|serius]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}