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Trifle :: Trifle (n.) To act or talk without seriousness, gravity, weight, or dignity; to act or talk with levity; to indulge in light or trivial amusements..

Badly :: Badly (adv.) In a bad manner; poorly; not well; unskillfully; imperfectly; unfortunately; grievously; so as to cause harm; disagreeably; seriously.

Demure :: Demure (a.) Of sober or serious mien; composed and decorous in bearing; of modest look; staid; grave.

Soberly :: Soberly (adv.) In a sober manner; temperately; cooly; calmly; gravely; seriously.

Gravity :: Gravity (a.) Importance, significance, dignity, etc; hence, seriousness; enormity; as, the gravity of an offense..

Quiz :: Quiz (v. t.) To puzzle; to banter; to chaff or mock with pretended seriousness of discourse; to make sport of, as by obscure questions..

Joke :: "Joke (n.) Something not said seriously, or not actually meant; something done in sport..

Sadden :: Sadden (v. t.) To make grave or serious; to make melancholy or sorrowful.

Earnest :: Earnest (a.) Serious; important.

Sermon :: Sermon (n.) Hence, a serious address; a lecture on one's conduct or duty; an exhortation or reproof; a homily; -- often in a depreciatory sense..

Antimask :: Antimask (n.) A secondary mask, or grotesque interlude, between the parts of a serious mask..

Grave :: Grave (superl.) Of importance; momentous; weighty; influential; sedate; serious; -- said of character, relations, etc.; as, grave deportment, character, influence, etc..

Afford :: Afford (v. t.) To incur, stand, or bear without serious detriment, as an act which might under other circumstances be injurious; -- with an auxiliary, as can, could, might, etc.; to be able or rich enough..

Cacoxenite :: Cacoxenite (n.) A hydrous phosphate of iron occurring in yellow radiated tufts. The phosphorus seriously injures it as an iron ore.

Disaster :: Disaster (n.) An adverse or unfortunate event, esp. a sudden and extraordinary misfortune; a calamity; a serious mishap..

Busy :: Busy (a.) Engaged in some business; hard at work (either habitually or only for the time being); occupied with serious affairs; not idle nor at leisure; as, a busy merchant..

Serious :: Serious (a.) Really intending what is said; being in earnest; not jesting or deceiving.

Thought :: Thought (n.) Meditation; serious consideration.

Quick :: Quick (n.) The life; the mortal point; a vital part; a part susceptible of serious injury or keen feeling; the sensitive living flesh; the part of a finger or toe to which the nail is attached; the tender emotions; as, to cut a finger nail to the quick; to thrust a sword to the quick, to taunt one to the quick; -- used figuratively..

Imbroglio :: Imbroglio (n.) A complicated and embarrassing state of things; a serious misunderstanding.

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