severely

adv

Etymology: Etymology tree English severe Middle English -ly English -ly English severely From severe + -ly.

1. In a severe manner.

   “After the first day they left her severely alone, their plea to their husbands, her uncompromising independence.”

   “Meanwhile the Christian Church from these speculations has kept itself severely apart - as of course representing a unique and divine revelation little concerned or interested in such heathenisms[.]”