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. Karthick Ramakrishnan:

   Everyone is pretending like this is going to get done in a month or two months, now is the time to design these systems so those who are most severely impacted by COVID, in terms of cases and deaths, are those who have a fair shot at getting a shot.

2. Zhao Lijian:

   What's shocking is that on June 15, the Indian side severely violated our consensus and twice crossed the border line and provoked and attacked the Chinese forces, causing a violent physical confrontation between the two border forces, china is raising strong opposition and stern representations to the Indian side on this.

3. Victor Shih:

   Because local officials and factories know that they would be punished severely by The Chinese government for allowing new infections to spread, they have played The Chinese government safe by delaying the resumption of [ real ] economic activities.

4. John Podesta:

   We got off track very severely for the last four years with a climate denier in the Oval Office, we enter the international arena with a credibility deficit.

5. Chris Jarvis:

   A severely oversold and shorted oil market is creating a bid for covering in U.S. crude.