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adj. - Excessively grave.

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Usage examples (14)
  • Adjective : a serious occasion; a serious man. ,His interest was serious. ,serious reading; a serious task. ,a serious book; Marriage is a serious...
  • Noun : You have to learn to separate the serious from the frivolous
  • Like a dreary overblown, overserious, super-depressing needless remake of a TV show most people had forgotten about.
  • The Aussie management style, which tends to be open, egalitarian and not overserious, also plays well with the troops.
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