c. 1500, from serious + -ly (2). To take (something) seriously is from 1782.
a play dealing seriously with the question of divorce
was seriously ill
series
serif
serine
seriocomic
serious
seriously
seriousness
sermocination
sermon
sermonette
sermonize
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