Grave in manner or disposition; earnest; thoughtful; solemn; not light, gay, or volatile. He is always serious, yet there is about his manner a graceful ease. Macaulay.
Really intending what is said; being in earnest; not jesting or deceiving. Beaconsfield.
Important; weighty; not trifling; grave. The holy Scriptures bring to our ears the most serious things in the world. Young.
Hence, giving rise to apprehension; attended with danger; as, a serious injury.
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